Posts Tagged ‘fat’

Fight the Flab or Risk Heart Failure

Monday, January 19th, 2009

A recently published U.S. study reports that even a small amount of excess fat will significantly increase the risk of heart failure.
It’s no surprise that obesity (defined as being around 20% overweight) will increase the risk of heart problems. But this latest study indicates that even being slightly overweight has risks for the heart.
Researchers have [...]

Why Are So Many Of Our Children Suffering From Obesity Nowadays?

Monday, October 27th, 2008

With obesity rates continuing to climb in In the US and UK particularly it is no surprise that we are seeing a growing number of obese children. Of course the effects of child obesity are only too obvious, but precisely what produces obesity in our children?
The simple answer is that there is no one cause [...]

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