Tag Archives : Obesity

A variant of a gene for obesity that is in more than one third of the U.S. population also reduces brain volume, increasing the risk related to Alzheimer’s disease, U.S. researchers said. People with a specific variant of a gene called FTO (gene body mass and obesity) have brain deficits that make them more vulnerable to Alzheimer’s disease, [...]

First came the couch, and then came the television. They certainly did help us to engage ourselves in a pointless life, instead of getting drunk outside or doing drugs on the street. However, the TV and the couch created a new class of society, dominated by couch potatoes with pot bellies and clinical depression. Now, when depression hits you do not [...]

According to a new research in mice, bacteria in the intestines play a key role in weight gain. The study found that ‘a high-fat, high-sugar diet alters the composition of bacteria in the gut, making it easier to gain weight and harder to lose it.’ According to the study featured in the new journal Science Translational Medicine, ‘the changeover [...]

Sugary food tastes good but ends up bad. Here are a few more bits of information to add to our already definitive knowledge that what’s laden with sugars may be considered junk. Taking in simple sugars such as in a piece of cake ‘causes a huge rush of glucose (what sugar is broken down to) into the blood, and the pancreas releases extra insulin [...]

One of the worst beverages ever invented is the soda pop, also known as soft drink. It is a proven health hazard. ‘Soft drinks contain little to no vitamins or other essential nutrients. However, it is what they do contain that is the problem: caffeine, carbonation, simple sugars — or worse, sugar substitutes — and often food additives such [...]

According to a new study from the University of Utah, ‘living near a variety of restaurants, convenience stores, supermarkets and even fast food outlets actually lowers your risk for obesity.’ The findings of the study debunk earlier studies which suggest that an overeater’s environment causes him or her to be fat. Part of the study’s findings [...]

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 [...]

There are strange infections – and even stranger ones because we never thought they were virally transmitted and coming from bacteria, instead of just resulting from unhealthy lifestyle, genetics, or ageing. ‘A growing number of diseases that were thought to be down to genetics or lifestyle turn out to have an infectious origin.’ For starters, [...]

We all know the easiest ways to self-destruct, and yet some of us blindly race to the finish line at the earliest time we could. A lack of some things can kill. Obesity, diabetes, and cancer are only some of the serious problems caused by inadequate sleep or sleep that is less than 7 or 8 hours a night. Mental fatigue can kill. On the other hand, the [...]

In the war against the obesity, the scientists found a new enemy: the sugary drinks. A group of renowned studious and specialists in nutrition asked the federal government from the USA that applies a new tax on that type of refreshments, that, according to them, are big responsible for the overweight epidemic that the country lives. With the collected [...]