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Obesity and Overweight is NOT the Same Thing

September 25, 2009 in Health Issues, Obesity | 2 comments

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

Why You’re Not Losing Weight

April 30, 2009 in Diets, Exercise, Weight Loss | No comments

lose-weightIf you’ve taken on a new weight loss regimen recently but still have yet to see results on the scale, there may be something you’re doing wrong. Read our seven possible reasons as to why your efforts have yielded little-to-no results. If you recognize yourself in one of the below situations, you’ll know which habit to change.

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Tags: Diets, Nutrition, Obesity, Weight Loss

How Obesity is Impacting Our Society

December 4, 2008 in Fitness, Obesity | No comments

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

Obesity in America

December 4, 2008 in Fitness | No comments

Unlike in most developing countries obesity does not present a problem because food is reality scarce and the choices are few.

However in America it is just the opposite situation where there is an abundance of food and the usual sources are unfortunately fast food selections. With fast food Americans have a tendency to overeat which represents the root cause of obesity.

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Tags: food, Obesity