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Belly fat in women: How to keep it off
Mayo Clinic — Belly fat - why menopause promotes it and how you can keep it off. Whether it's because of heredity, hormonal changes or aging-related weight gain, many women notice an increase in belly fat as they grow older - and especially after menopause. ...More…
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What is morbid obesity?
Insider Medicine — Morbid obesity is defined as having a BMI of 35 or above. That corresponds roughly to being 100 lbs above your ideal body weight. When you look at the comorbid health conditions that go in association with that, of which more than 60% of these ...More…
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COMPLICATIONS:
Sleep Foundation — The statistics are alarming: About 65% of Americans are now overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of obese adults (those with a Body Mass Index of 30 or more) jumped from 15% in 1980 to 27% ...More…
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Abdominal obesity associated with heart failure in ...
American Heart — Abdominal obesity associated with heart failure in Swedish middle-age; older adults DALLAS, April 7, 2009 - A higher waist size was associated with heart failure in women at all levels of body mass index (BMI), and both waist size and BMI were ...More…
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Obesity in Pregnancy May Up Risk of Some Birth Defects
Kids Health — To the long list of risks associated with obesity, add a wider than expected range of birth defects that are more likely to occur in babies born to obese women. The researchers offered three theories that might explain their findings: They also ...More…
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Obesity - The Office of Minority Health
Office of Minority Health — Obesity is a growing epidemic in the United States. From 1988âEUR"2004, the overall prevalence of overweight preschool-age children ages 2âEUR"5 years almost doubled, increasing from about 7% to 14%.1 From 1960âEUR" 2004, the percentage of ...More…
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Weight Range
Centers for Disease Control — Overweight and Obesity, Trends, Contributing Factors, Health Consequences, Economic Consequences, State-Based Programs, Recommendations Overweight and obesity are both labels for ranges of weight that are greater than what is generally considered ...More…
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New NIH-Supported Study Characterizes Social Networks of ...
National Institutes of Health — People wondering about excessive weight gain might look to their relationships with family and friends for one clue, suggests new research reported July 26, 2007, in The analysis was conducted by Nicholas Christakis, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard ...More…
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Obesidad y genética
Centers for Disease Control — Los científicos han hecho grandes avances en la comprensión de importantes causas ambientales de la obesidad así como en la identificación de varios genes de los muchos que pudieran estar implicados. En la actualidad se están realizando esfuerzos ...More…
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Obesity & Genetics
Centers for Disease Control — Obesity results when body fat accumulates over time as a result of a chronic energy imbalance (calories consumed exceed calories expended). Obesity is a major health hazard worldwide and is associated with several relatively common diseases such ...More…
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What is Energy Balance?
Heart & Blood Institute — Information from We Can! to help parents and caregivers teach children how to achieve energy balance, or the amount of calories in compared to the amount of calories out. This information may help prevent childhood overweight. Energy is another ...More…