Obesity in Teens
Obesity in teens is on the rise, it is related with future health care costs due to obesity related diseases. These diseases : diabetes, heart disease, cancer, stroke, high blood pressure, and arthritis can cause premature death.
Obesity in teens costs the country billions of dollars a year in disease management and emergency room visits for [...]
Obesity in America
Obesity in America facts : - Obesity is a life threatening disease affecting 34% of adults in the U.S.; and nearly 67% of adults in the U.S. are either overweight or obese.
- Between 2000 and 2005, obesity (BMI ?30) increased by 24%, morbid obesity (BMI ? 40) increased by 50% and super obesity (BMI ? [...]
Causes of Obesity
Causes of obesity, briefly described below are several contributing causes on obesity.
Diet
A high-fat diet can certainly contribute to an increased risk for obesity. In fact, the body notoriously becomes more efficient at meeting challenges. The body may, in a high-fat diet, learn to store fat more easily–which would increase one’s body fat percentage.
Genetics
It is well [...]
Cause and Effect of Obesity
Cause and effect of obesity do not come simply from eating too much, while not exercising enough. But obesity is much more complicated than that. Obesity is caused when something goes very wrong with your metabolism and sets up a vicious cycle. To break this cycle of obesity, you have to first understand how your [...]
Posted at August 20, 2009, Filed UnderDefinition Of Obesity
Definition of obesity, obesity occurs when the weight exceeds 120% of the median weight for height.
Other definition of obesity :
1. Obesity is a state in which there is an abnormally great amount of neutral fat in the storage depot of the body. Objective measures used to estimate the degree of obesity are the table of [...]
