Being Overweight May Increase Risk of Type of Brain Tumor Being overweight or obese may be tied to an increased risk of a type of brain tumor called meningioma, according to a research in the online issue of Neurologyå¨, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. A meningioma...
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Waistlines of U.S. Adults Continue to Increase (VIDEO)
Waistlines of U.S. Adults Continue to Increase (VIDEO)
Waistlines of U.S. Adults Continue to Increase
Waistlines of U.S. Adults Continue to Increase The prevalence of abdominal obesity and average waist circumference increased among U.S. adults from 1999 to 2012, according to a study in JAMA. Data from 32,816 men and non-pregnant women ages 20 years or older were analyzed. The overall age-adjusted average waist circumference...
Snacking Increases Belly Fat More So Than Overeating at Meals (Video)
Snacking Increases Belly Fat More So Than Overeating at Meals (Video)
Snacking Increases Belly Fat More So Than Overeating at Meals
Snacking Increases Belly Fat More So Than Overeating at Meals. Researchers from The Netherlands found that snacking on high-fat and high-sugar foods was independently associated with abdominal fat and fatty liver. The study published in Hepatology, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, provides the...
Obesity Prevalence Remains High in U.S.; Women Over 60 At Particular Risk
Obesity Prevalence Remains High in U.S.; Women Over 60 At Particular Risk
Obesity / Abnormal Heart Tied Together and so May Be Cure (Video)
Obesity / Abnormal Heart Tied Together and so May Be Cure
Obesity / Abnormal Heart Tied Together and so May Be Cure
(JAMA) ÛÏAtrial fibrillation , abnormal heartbeat, has been described as the epidemic of the new millennium, with a projection that by 2050 there will be 12 million to 15 million affected individuals in the United States. In the United States, the direct economic cost of atrial fibrillation is estimated at...
People May Adopt the Diet and Exercise Patterns of the Least Fit in their Peer Group (VIDEO)
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People May Adopt the Diet and Exercise Patterns of the Least Fit in their Peer Group
Who you follow makes a difference. The decline in the physical fitness of the U.S. population has been increasingly in the news. Nearly two-thirds of adults are currently overweight, while more than 30% are obese. While societal factors have shifted people toward increased food consumption or decreased exercise, a provocative...