A recent study has found that seniors who are obese are more likely to suffer from depression. The study found that this link is rather strong among seniors aged between 60 and 74 years as their risk of suffering from depression quadrupled. This is definitely not good news for seniors who are battling weight problems.
You've heard the saying "you are what you eat"? Well, I hate to tell you but it is very true. You may not notice for many years but all that fast food, cigarettes and alcohol will surely catch up to you in the end.
Lap band surgery is an effective method to achieving a large amount of weight loss. After patients undergo lap band surgery, they will have to follow a strict new diet that must be adhered to in order to prevent post surgery complications such as band slippage and vomiting.
This may seem to be a statement of the obvious, but the solution to a behavioral problem is not surgery. Consuming more energy (calories) than you use up is not a surgical problem-it is a behavioral one. The problem is not because the stomach is too big and needs to be made smaller.
The definition of the word calorie can create some confusion when you try to apply it to diet and exercise. While it's a good unit of measure, why is it important and what does it mean?
Obesity is not only a medical disorder but is also found to affect the normal life of an individual. The medical expenditure incurred annually by a regular employee who is obese is much more as compared to a normal person. Studies reveal that about 73 billion dollars is spent annually for these workers. They are also found to be less productive during work primarily due to their health disorders.
With all the fast food joints and bad candy foods and other junk foods out there America is slipping in to a hole of obesity. In fact obesity is the second highest preventable cause of death in America right behind cigarette smoking. Right now as things stand one out of every four adults in the United States of America is considered obese.
