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Australian researchers have taken investigations into obesity a step further to see why soon after overweight people lost weight, their metabolism slowed and they experienced hormonal changes that increased their appetites.
The researchers recruited healthy people who were either overweight or obese and put them on a strict diet that would lead them [...]

Fact - Obesity is becoming a global epidemic! A new report by the World Health Organization documents how one-quarter of the total 60 million deaths annually are premature and preventable deaths. So with obesity being classed as a preventable disease, why are more people dying of this illness than those who are suffering from starvation [...]

The link between obesity and preventable illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer is well documented, but is enough being done to combat this?
Health Campaigns targeting unhealthy lifestyles are rife, yet obesity rates continue to rise.  It is estimated that in England, more than 60% of adults and more than 30% of children are [...]

A new study suggests that attempting to lose weight solely by reducing the amount of calories consumed is likely to be ineffective.
The research was conducted at Oregon National Primate Research Center using adult female monkeys. Eighteen of the monkeys were fed a high fat diet for a number of years. They were then given a [...]

A research study in Florida found that rats that were fed junk food developed compulsive eating habits. Does this have implications for humans?
An interesting research study carried out at Scripps Research Institute in Florida has found what its lead researcher – Dr. Paul Kenny – has described as …‘the most thorough & compelling evidence that [...]

CAN A COMPUTERISED PLATE REALLY HELP TACKLE CONCERNS OVER RISING OBESITY RATES IN CHILDREN?
We know from previous research that people who are overweight tend to eat much more quickly which, in turn, can mean that they eat a lot more food than is necessary before feeling full.
 Now, based on this premise, a new study, recently [...]

A new ‘health drink’ called Skinny Water, has got nutritionists an food safety campaigners in an uproar, pointing out that the product has not been scientifically proven.

The company’s marketing suits claim the water is guaranteed to suppress hunger and fight fat. Costing 99p per 500ml bottle, the pomegranate-flavoured drink is the latest in a [...]

All around the world, there are more than one billion overweight adults; at least 300 millions of them are obese. Obesity has become the modern world’s biggest health ailment with over 9000 deaths a year only in England. Obesity does not kill anyone but they are the complications that obesity brings over the times, ‘by [...]