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05/16/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Don’t just cut calories; you have to move around to really lose the weight

You can pare your food down to the very bone all you want, but if you don’t pair it with physical activity, the pounds you shed will come back again and again. That’s why a joint team of South African and Oregon-based researchers suggested that obesity is best defeated through exercise rather than diet, according to […]

05/14/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Eat just one small handful of pecans every day to dramatically improve your heart health

It’s not just an apple a day that keeps the doctor away – a study has shown that eating a handful of pecans daily can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Type 2 diabetes. The results of the study, which was published in Nutrients, found that having at least 1.5 ounces of pecans – equivalent to […]

05/07/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Debunking the metabolism excuse: Nutritionists say that metabolic rate doesn’t vary much from person to person…stop blaming your metabolism for your weight

If you’re not into physical activities or don’t like regularly going to the gym, you’ve probably used the line “I can’t lose weight like other people do because of my metabolism” one too many times as an excuse. But did you know that our metabolic rates aren’t that different after all? The U.K.’s National Health […]

03/24/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Obesity in preschoolers has increased dramatically, according to new data

That chubby little boy’s bulging cheeks may seem so irresistible. But do you know those cute cheeks may be more of a liability, not an asset? Take it from a lot of studies on obesity. Excess body fat in childhood is a red flag that mustn’t be ignored. Children whose body mass index (BMI) exceed the […]

09/17/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Women who carry excess abdominal fat have a 50% chance of developing lung and bowel cancer

A new study found that women who carry excess abdominal fat have more chances of having lung and bowel cancer, according to the Daily Mail report. Experts said that excess tummy fat triggers an increase in insulin which is known to disrupt hormone production, and excess body fat increases chronic inflammation. Both are linked to […]

08/02/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Shocking study finds that 90 percent of American men are too fat

The same team that said that up to 76 percent of the world’s population may be overfat are now claiming that among Americans, 90 percent of our men carry excess weight around their abdomen, with 50 percent of children suffering from the same potentially dangerous condition. The term ‘overfat’, which is defined as having a […]

07/26/2017 / By Jhoanna Robinson

Living on processed foods and junk nutrition, American girls are now the fattest in the world, study finds

A study that was led by the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand found that schoolgirls in the United States and the United Kingdom are the worst in the world for having stomach fat, with half of American and British girls in both countries’ total population classified as “overfat”, making them at risk of […]

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