The most widely accepted definition of obesity is calculated with height and weight measurements called the Body Mass Index or BMI. A person with a body mass index exceeding 30 is considered obese, and someone with a BMI of 40 or more has morbid obesity. Morbid obesity refers to a dangerous condition in which the sufferer is at risk of physical disability and a severely impaired quality of life.Unfortunately, the... Read more >
With the help of obesity organizations, obesity has finally entered the arena as a severe and fatal public health problem. Obesity organizations like The American Obesity Society and the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance provide information on legal issues like discrimination and insurance in the workplace, education and healthcare. The obesity organizations incorporate advocacy, education... Read more >
Obesity treatment is a complicated matter: What works for one person may not work for another. Once you factor in lifestyle, genetics, and personal weight and health issues, it's easy to see that treatment has to be tailored to the individual. And therein lies part of the impediment to successful obesity treatment: So many weight loss programs presume that everyone's the same. Programs greatly over-simply... Read more >
As more and more Americans are joining the ranks of the "fat people," medical scientists and sociologists are collaborating to find the causes and stop the trend.Obesity is on the rise. Blaming fast food outlets and legislating warning labels about fat content may or may not stem the increase of a debilitating condition that leads to hypertension, osteoarthritis, heart disease and other serious health threats... Read more >
More than half a million people were expected to die of cancer this past year, according to statistics released by the American Cancer Society. This widespread condition is the second leading cause of death in America, second only to heart disease, and it is responsible for about 25 percent of deaths annually. Cancer is a condition characterized by abnormal cell growth. If the cells are allowed to continue... Read more >
Dieting to lose weight doesn't seem to work for a number of reasons. First of all, most diets only work for as long as you're on them. Once you reach your weight goal (or, more often, give up), the weight you've lost returns as you go back to your normal eating habits. The result is a cycle of weight loss and weight gain, with your ego and self-esteem suffering with each successive "failure." Fad diets... Read more >
While medical researchers have not yet established exactly what causes various types of cancers, they have identified risk factors—those variables that place people in categories that appear more susceptible to particular carcinomas. Estrogen is an important hormone that is produced in the ovaries and is responsible for stimulating the thickening of the lining of the uterus (endometrium) in preparation for... Read more >
Medical research continues to explore the role of diet and nutrition as potential risk factors for various cancer types. Diet-related factors, including obesity, may account for as much as thirty percent in modernized countries. By contrast, these factors are estimated to account for only twenty percent of all new cases. Lifestyle variables in western societies, including diet, use of alcohol, lack of exercise... Read more >
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