Tag Archives : obesity epidemic

According to Phil Edwards, a researcher from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, “We need to do a lot more to reverse the global trend towards fatness. It is a key factor in the battle to reduce carbon emissions and slow climate change.” Edwards’ research found that ‘the average overweight person is responsible for an extra [...]

Though most people would like to believe that food advertising does not influence them, ‘studies show that they are indeed heavily influenced.’ Thus, the food advertising industry is worth millions of dollars. Among those heavily advertised are breakfast cereals, sugar-sweetened beverages, fast food, and other processed foods high in sugar and [...]

Spending hours in the gym or joining weight-loss exercise programs may not help in shedding those extra kilos. According to latest research over eating and not lack of exercise is responsible for rise in obesity among developed nations. According to WHO estimates 1.6 billion adults were overweight worldwide in 2005 and out of them 400 million were obese. [...]