Obesity - losing weight

losing weight If your weight is substantially above what is healthy for a person with your body composition, genetic background, and overall health status (based on other risk factors you might have), you may be considered obese. Being obese means you are at increased risk for heart diseases, stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, arthritis, cancer, and other disorders.

Children aware of dieting, body image This time of year, the air is filled with New Year's resolutions about losing weight...

Even without weight loss, exercise helps the heart Exercise can improve fitness and reduce cholesterol in overweight and obese people even when it does not result in weight loss, according to results of a study...

Special frozen dinners good for the heart Sticking to a heart-healthy diet can be a struggle, even for people with heart disease. But new study findings show that building a diet around special frozen dinners can help people lose weight and lower levels of harmful cholesterol...

Even With Surgery, Weight Loss Doesn`t Come Easy I grabbed the slender black dress off its hanger. A size 14. Fifteen years of my life, two children, a college degree and a new job had passed since I wore that size...

Even Modest Weight Loss Is Good For Your Health Even slight reductions in weight can have a significant, positive impact on the health of overweight individuals, according to researchers...

New Studies Detail Lifetime Risks And Cost Of Obesity, And Benefits Of Modest Weight Loss For Individuals Two landmark studies published this month in Archives of Internal Medicine and the American Journal of Public Health...

The Battle of the Bulge in the War for Good Health For whatever reasons, super-size portions, more time at the computer, less time exercising, people are gaining weight. Today as many as 55% of adult Americans are obese. Obesity is an excess amount of body fat, and occurs when a person's...