Dangers of obesity 15 Articles

by Dorothy Wilde

Obesity has become one of the most serious medical problems of the western world. Obesity is excess body fat for a given height and gender. The food (calories) we consume is utilized in the body to meet the basic metaboli...read more

by Elisa Bressan

Some days ago Kraft has chosen to address this issue by declaring that it will cut down on the size of portions for children snacks to help fight obesity. Kraft Foods, the world's biggest maker of processed foods, said ye...read more

by Michelle N. Broughton

Obesity - Is Big Beautiful? First, let me say I'm no size 1, thin as a rail, model. I gave up smoking 13 years ago, put on 60 unmovable pounds. The rest of my family shared my fate, especially my daughter who, at four...read more

by Nathan Halfpenny

Obesity is an issue that does not get enough attention in this day and age. With the "global warming crisis" and fuel prices and an upcoming presidential election to boot, there are just too many other pressing issues tha...read more

by Rosslyn

As the values of nutrition go down the drain, America's weight is going up. It doesn't help that fast food places, such as McDonalds, are appearing everywhere and all they really offer are cholesterol and calorie filled ...read more

by X-WARRIOR

Obesity... how in the world did you know you were overweight? The answers are a bit more simple than most people believe. What most of you need to realize is that obesity does not originate from money-hungry corporations...read more

by Randa Morris

If you love your children you give them what's best for them. Needless to say, what's best for them is not always what they would like to have. I have a niece who just turned 6, she is over 120 pounds. She has to wear w...read more

by Srilatha Vijay

ARE YOU AN EMOTIONAL EATER? Do You eat even when you are not Hungry - Because you are depressed and Lonely? Emotional eating is the practice of consuming large quantities of food usually "comfort" or "Junk" food in ...read more

by Tara Bennett

I am 30 years old deaf woman with three beautiful and healthy daughters. I should be the happiest woman in the world of all times yet I am not even all the way happy. I have several problems. I am morbidly obese for one...read more

by Aditya Seputra

You know how much amount one who experience of the obesity in all the world? Sum up one who experience of the obesity in all the world this reach 1 people milliard.Sum up this very feeling concerned about, because this mat...read more

by Eliza Dornbush

If you are a parent of three or more children, odds are at least one of them is overweight. A full 2/3 of Americans today are categorized as "overweight", meaning they weight at least ten pounds more than they should be...read more

by Baby

Is being overwieght what causes stress or is it stress that causes being overwieght? The causes of being overwieght or obese generally turns out to be:One, STRESS;Two, BOREDOM;Three, PRESSURE;Four, POOR SELF IMAGE;Or Fi...read more

by Danielle Wolfe

OK I may be only 14 but I think that teens should be able to have some say on America's views on obesity. Yes, in some cases obesity is a problem. And yes Obesity doesn't just make people feel uncomfortable about their ap...read more

by Chrissie Atkinson

Obesity can increase morbidity and mortality with the risks being higher to men. Obesity can have the following effects: CARDIOVASCULAR: *Hypertension (high blood presure) *Coronary Heart Disease (CHD- please see my ...read more

by Sharon Brown

Whether you are obese or not is determined by your height, weight and the amount of body fat you have. Muscle weighs more than fat so two people of the same height may have different weights but neither may neccessarily b...read more