The causes of obesity are far from clear, but amongst them are excessive food intake, heredity, laziness and lack of physical exercise. But one thing is for sure, it carries serious health risks like heart problems, diabetes, stroke, paralysis, prostrate…

Dietary intake is central to weight management and therefore plays a significant role in obesity. If we apply the simple rules of the energy balance equation the total energy consumed must equal the total energy used.

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Eating has become America’s Number 1 coping tool. Learn how to recognize emotional eating and how to begin to heal underlying causes of overeating.

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There is a growing trend in America that each year more children are weighing in on the scale as obese. However, your child doesn’t have to be one of them. This article has great tips to help your child maintain…

Obesity means being overweight with excess body fat. Everyone needs a certain amount of body fat for stored energy, heat insulation, shock absorption, and other functions.

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