Obesity Is a Growing Problem

The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared obesity a global epidemic. Unfortunately this epidemic is yet growing in the United States and abroad. And due to the 'trickle down' effect, children are also getting fatter along with the adult population.

Yoga - The Superior Path To Health - Integration - Personal Growth And Permanent Weight Loss

A strategy for efficient and permanent weight loss is available in the ancient science of yoga. It is a system for personal growth and integration, where weight reduction come as a natural by product of the personal growth and the perfect health one develops. Weight reduction could be a goal in itself, but that doesn't necessarily guarantee a healthy body. When the focus is health and integration, normal weight will be one of its natural consequences.

Diet by Design

Like all other species on earth, humans also have their specific diet that they are designed for. The health consequences of implementing this diet are so great and so many, that it has to be discussed and made available to everybody. I take the reader through some interesting thoughts and observations, leading to the correct conclusion about mans natural and correct diet. Use this information, and you will never experience weight problems again, and other health problems will also leave you without a trace.

An Old Coach Offers a Simple Solution to Childhood Obesity

Anyone who's taught physical education for any length of time will identify with this utterly simple solution to our nation's childhood obesity dilemma.

Teenage Obesity

Teenage obesity is on the increase and gives rise to many problems, both physical and emotional. Help your teenagers improve their relationship with food and avoid becoming obese adults.

The Causes of Obesity Are Different For Many Obese People

Even though most obese people share the same external traits, most do not share the same reason why they got the way they are. There are numerous uses causes of obesity. Determining the cause of obesity in each individual case is key to their success in conquering obesity and any underlying psychological problems that person may have if any.

Texans Find Qigong as a Response to the Obesity Epidemic

It wasn't long ago that workout programs were limited to variations on the basics: jogging, hiking, team sports, like basketball or soccer, and, if one was lucky enough to have a home or fitness club swimming pool, a few good laps. Even exercise machines tended to only simulate the same activities. Treadmills, stair climbers, stationary bikes, and elliptical trainers were a bit like the hamster-wheel version of trying to enjoy the great outdoors, indoors.

The Many Virtues of Infinite Measurability

Consistant positive feedback is the key to maintaining super high levels of motivation in any field, and that's especially true when it comes to childhood obesity prevention.

The Main Reason People are Overweight

Let me start off by saying that you can eat as much as you want and still maintain your ideal weight. If you're thinking this is voodoo, it's not.

3 Ways to Avoid Childhood Obesity

There is a lot of talk these days about childhood obesity and why it seems that today's children are more overweight than the previous generations. There are a lot of factors that play into why this may be the reason and I'm sure some of them you may have heard from the media.

A Study Of Lesbian Women Suggests A Possible Genetic Cause For Obesity

Although it is generally agreed that the present obesity epidemic is very largely the result of our modern diet and changes in our lifestyle, there is nonetheless a school of thought that believes that there is also a genetic component to obesity. Evidence for this is sketchy, but one recent study into obesity in lesbian women may add to the debate.

Child Obesity Solution

The population of overweight adults has now reached 1 billion, of which 300,000 are suffering from obesity. By far, WHO considers adolescent obesity to be an epidemic of global proportion. This phenomenon has affected both developed and developing countries. Obesity is considered as one of the major causes of hypertension, cardiovascular diseases, certain type of cancer, and type 2 diabetes milletus.

Tough Love Approach Keeps Fad Dieting Going

With the overweight in the UK now being banned from some surgical operations unless they crash diet, weight control charity The Weight Foundation discusses the growing stigmatization of obesity.