Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems. Obesity increases the likelihood of various diseases, particularly heart disease, type 2 diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, certain types of cancer, and osteoarthritis.
Obesity Stories
In their recent video, the team at Mental Floss compiled a list of interesting facts about exercise, ranging from misconceptions on the best time to work out, to how your gender affects your playlist.
It's often difficult to figure out how much exercise you need to burn off a certain amount of calories, but the team at BritLab recently made this a little easier for us. Plus: Your personal calculator.
The DASH Diet has just been named the number one diet for the sixth year in a row.
How much sleep should we be getting every night? We don’t really know, but research tells us that the wrong amount is dangerous.
New research has confirmed that obesity can lead to genetic changes linked to metabolic diseases.
If you want to lose weight fast to fulfill a New Year’s resolution or just live a better life, be careful you don’t push yourself past a safe weight loss rate.
Try losing weight by avoiding carbohydrates instead of fat.
We’ve listed some necessary athleisure wardrobe pieces that gym lovers need in their closets. They could motivate you to stick with your New Year's Resolution.
You won't gain 15 pounds freshman year of college; instead, you're more likely to gain 10 pounds throughout your higher education.
Vegetable-based meals are better for your health and the environment than meat; a new study has found that they could be more filling as well.
Hoping 2017 is a healthy year? Stay away from these three diets.
A new study has investigated the slimming effect of wastewater from cooking sweet potatoes.