Archive for the 'Obesity' Category
Obese Pet? You Could Face Jail Time
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Overfeeding your child is fairly serious — some even feel it’s a mold of abuse. Now animal rights groups are saying the same thing … about your pets. And the government in the UK agrees — according to the Daily Mail, new controversial rule under the animal welfare act could have serious co…
Adolescent fatty liver disease rising
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Thirty-two percent of American schoolchildren are overweight or obese. whether that’s not alarming decent, the American Liver Foundation and others estimate two percent to five percent of kids by the age of five have nonalcholic fatty liver disease. The common cause is too much body fat, which i…
Build a body like a Greek god
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A cup of yogurt can assemble for a healthy snack, but not whether you reach for a sugar-filled make. And though there are plenty of great tasting, lower-sugar yogurts out there from which to choose, an even better choice is Greek yogurt.
Two of the more popular grades of Greek yogurt, Chobani…
Woman too fat for IVF loses weight and has baby
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In Britain, there’s concern by whether obese women with a assured BMI should be permitted to have In Vitro fertilization treatments covered under the National Health Service. When we told you about that final year, the subject sparked a lot of controversy.
But it’s plus sparked some positive …
Fructose makes you fat
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No all sugars are created equal, and new research shows that eating a assured type of sweet stuff can assemble you gain weight at an alarming weight. We’re talking about Fructose, not to be confused with naturally-occurring glucose. According to the New York Times, regular sugar is normally proc…
Your Turn: Do you agree with the ‘Obesity Fee?’
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Here at That’s Fit, we’re constantly telling you what we think about things, but sometimes it’s nice to know what you think. So from date to day, we’ll ask you a question. Don’t be afraid to speak up — we love feedback.Maggie recently told us about a new fee that Alabama State employees can exp…
How can a full English breakfast kill you? Let me count the ways
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It’s no secret that a traditional English breakfast isn’t healthy. That’s just what happens when a meal is made up of fried eggs, fried bacon, fried hash browns, fried tomatoes and–good lord–fried bread (though to be fair, the breakfast is plus served with baked beans, which are hopefully not …
Apparently, juice doesn’t cause childhood obesity
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Of all the things that are blamed for the obesity epidemic, soda has received the worst publicity. But we often forget about soda’s equally harmful cousin, juice. certain, juice contains nutrients that soda is lost, but they share a number one ingredient: sugar. It might even be fair to say that…
Exercise may not reduce starvation in obese women
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It’s fairly well known that exercise can reduce starvation, which is one of the reasons that it’s a mainstay of any weight loss program (in addition to building fitness and burning calories, of course). But a recent study questions that towering held belief.
When researchers compared postmeno…
Newest fertility treatment: A diet
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The latest in fertility treatment might come down to a simple diet — for both men and women.
Researchers reported final week that obese men tend to build less semen and have abnormal sperm. that finding adds to recent research showing that obese women are more likely to be infertile.
There’s no…
Metabolic syndrome on the rise in obese children
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An eye-opening study from the University of Miami revealed that by ages 12 to 14, half of obese children have metabolic syndrome, a group of risk factors that predicts type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
This knowledge is cause for concern, as the numbers of obese children has continued to ris…
Kids with big necks may have sleep problems
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If your kid has a big neck, he or she may be more likely to develop a sleep-related breathing disorder, say researchers at the University of Virginia. Translation for big: Obese.
Of 215 children, ages 18 months to 18 years, who were referred to a pediatric sleep clinic, 37.3 percent were obes…
U.S. no longer the world’s fattest nation?
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For a while now, America’s held the notorious title of Fattest Country in the World. Thanks to Australia, however, we’re now in a cool moment place. The nation Down Under now has a population that has a 26% obesity rate (meaning 26% of its citizens are obese), while American stands firmly at 2…












