Obesity

5 Dangerous Diets to Avoid for Losing Weight

Dietary change, especially a calorie-restricted diet, is a cornerstone for weight loss alongside exercise. However, there are some fad diets that can be dangerous and even life threatening. Despite the advances in nutritional science, these diets have persisted for years and even decades. It is therefore important to >> Read More ...

Obesity and Cancer Risk, and Link with Body Weight

Obesity is known for a host of deleterious effects on the body and medical science is constantly revealing new dangers associated with a high body weight and fat percentage. One of these obesity-associated health risks is cancer. There are at least 13 types of cancers that have been linked to obesity.  According to the >> Read More ...

Overweight and Obese Definitions, Causes, Dangers

Being overweight or obese is associated with a range of health complications. It is well publicized that these weight aberrations contributes to some of the most common diseases that leads to death across the globe, especially cardiovascular diseases. Understanding what being overweight or obese means, how it occurs and >> Read More ...

Weight Gain with Stress (Hormones, Diet and Exercise)

Does stress cause weight gain? There are several reasons for weight gain – some related to lifestyle factors (the most common causes), physiological responses like pregnancy and pathological factors like diseases of the thyroid or adrenal glands. Weight gain in most instances is a result of consuming more calories >> Read More ...

Medical Weight Loss

What is medical weight loss? Medical weight loss is defined as a weight management program that is developed and monitored by a medical professional, either a family doctor or specialist physician. In medical weight loss, the therapeutic program is approached as a doctor would for any disease and the management is based on >> Read More ...