The physical benefits of exercise has been the main motivating factor for many people who adopt a regular physical fitness program. Physicians have long known the benefits of regular exercise and a healthy diet, although weight loss or weight management has been a major influence for people who begi...
Obesity: Epidemic or Excuse?
Dr. Meir Stampfer, of the Harvard School of Public Health, once said "It's a bitter truth to
swallow: About every fourth person on Earth is too fat. Obesity is fast becoming one of the
world's leading reasons why people die." Most people ...
Obesity: Epidemic or Excuse?
Dr. Meir Stampfer, of the Harvard School of Public Health, once said "It's a bitter truth to
swallow: About every fourth person on Earth is too fat. Obesity is fast becoming one of the
world's leading reasons why people die." Most people ...
Introduction
"Ok, ok. Now I don't want to get any of you excited or alarmed but I sow this on TV. This is for real. On the News today it stated that with in a year the new number one killer in America will be high fat/saturated fat." This stated by Conan O' Brien on his show...
Would People Gain More Weight to Have Weight Loss Surgery
The health of the nation impacts us all. The rising cases of obesity and morbid obesity related diseases have the cost of health care rising to alarming rates. Obesity has changed federal laws, allowing tax relief for certain associated co...
History has shown that women tend to outlive men. There have been and still are many misconceptions as to what factors contributed to this trend. Although women outlive men, the data on different longevity is certainly persuasive. In western countries women live an average of five to ten years longe...
The Atkins Nutritional Approach (ANA) - the low-carbohydrate weight loss
plan made popular by the late Dr. Robert Atkins - has been the subject of
some controversy in the diabetes care community and the medical field at
large (Newcombe, 2003). Does it help control blood glucose levels' How does
...
Executive Burnout and it’s Causes
Definition: According to New York Psychologist Herbert J. Freudenberger, PhD., who coined the term, burned is a state of fatigue or frustration brought about by a devot...
