A clinical study undertaken at the University of Ulm, Germany, studied the impact of different protein diets on weight loss. The study, which lasted for a total of 12 months, consisted of male and female subjects and was split into two groups of 50 subjects each, with both groups consuming a high protein diet.
The first [...]
Posts Tagged ‘obesity’
Are All High Protein Diets Created Equal?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged clinical study, diets, Formula 1 shake, Herbalife, High protein diets, obesity, personal protein po, SK Nutrition, weight loss, weight maintenance on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
News: Obesity rivals smoking danger – it’s official!
Posted in BMI, Herbalife, News, body fat, diabetes, heart disease, overweight, risk factors, tagged BMI, Body shape, health risk, Herbalife, obesity, smoking, Wellness Evaluation on March 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Experts from Oxford University have published an article in the medical journal The Lancet detailing their findings that being obese is as hazardous to your health as a lifetime of smoking.
The report suggests that even moderate obesity can shorten your life expectancy by a few years. About 25% of UK adults are considered obese with [...]
BBC NEWS Article: Obese mothers ‘risk spina bifida’
Posted in BMI, Female Health, body fat, diabetes, exercise, healthy lifestyle, overweight, pregnancy, weight loss, tagged birth defects, BMI, folic acid, neural tube defect, obese, obesity, pregnancy, women's on February 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mothers-to-be who are obese increase their odds of having a baby with abnormalities including spina bifida, researchers say.
Their analysis of data from 39 studies found obese women were more than twice as likely to have a baby with spina bifida or another neural tube defect. The risk of heart defects and cleft lip was also [...]
TED: Dr Dean Ornish on obesity, diabetes & cardio-vascular disease
Posted in Heart Health, TED, diabetes, exercise, healthy lifestyle, heart disease, longevity, overweight, physical decline, tagged diabetes, diet, exercise, heart disease, longevity, obesity, TED on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Having discovered my all-time favourite website – www.ted.com – this weekend, I thought I’d share one of the many fascinating talks from it.
In a sobering 3-minute talk, Dr. Dean Ornish tracks the dramatic spread of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease around the globe — as people outside the US start to eat, live and die [...]
