Obesity

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People usually use Overweight and Obese as synonymous, but actually they’re not having the same signification. One means a health problem, the other maybe not.

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Tags: Body shape, Obesity, Overweight

Couch Potato The United States, and many other countries, have populations that are increasingly getting fatter and fatter.  “Round is in” and “skinny is out”.  Almost everybody these days is trying their best to look like “butter balls” instead of “zippers ” so I am going to tell you how you can get very fat, so that you are not “left behind” in the great American “Get Fat Trend.”

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It is the most alarming rise in obesity ever. According to CDC over 63% of the population are overweight and obese meaning over 180 million.

Also based on CDC, obesity has tripled in men and women in the last 2 decades.

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Tags: Obesity, Weight Loss

Tara Dipalma

Tara Dipalma

By Tara Dipalma

Obesity is a known risk factor for chronic diseases including heart disease, diabetics, high blood pressure, heart attack and various other forms of diseases. The symptoms may be mild in some individuals, but they represent the early stages of a chronic and incurable disease…

The medical society has defined obesity as a disease. There are many theories on the cause of obesity, still today there is no concrete evidence about the real cause. Bad eating habits, bad food choices, excessive eating, comfort eating and depression play a huge roll in overweight people.

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