Obesity Doesn’t Mean Poor Metabolic Health
A study of monozygotic twins showed that obese twins were half as healthy as thin twins.Obesity does not have to ...
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Tightening the belt, a risk of esophageal cancer
Tightening your belt too much promotes heartburn and therefore could increase the risk of developing throat or esophageal cancer, reveals ...
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Menopause: weight change increases the risk of fracture
The change in body mass would lead to an additional risk of fracture in postmenopausal women, according to a study ...
Read moreAbdominal overweight: watch out for cardiovascular disorders
September 24, 2007 - Gaining stomach, even moderately, would increase the risk of suffering from cardiovascular disorders. When the excess ...
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Overweight, more dangerous than you think
Causes and consequences of greed More and more people are overweight. And that while it is a condition that you ...
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Obesity would alter the taste of fats
Obese people would no longer be able to detect the threshold of fat needed by their body. The discovery of ...
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500,000 cancers per year linked to overweight
Half a million new cancers diagnosed each year around the world are believed to be due to overweight or obesity. ...
Read moreSnacking, the enemy of diets
To lose weight, you must first eat less. Anyone who claims the contrary is wrong. The easiest way, to be ...
Read moreAre children overweight linked to lack of sleep?
April 3, 2006 - Children who do not get enough sleep are said to be at risk of being overweight ...
Read moreRich men are more overweight
March 23, 2006 - Wealthy men are more overweight and obese than less well off men. This is what emerges ...
Read moreBeing overweight as a factor in longevity. Truly?
May 3, 2005 - People who are slightly overweight live a little older than average. But it is not known ...
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Obesity surgery upsets our genes
Obesity takes a toll on the functioning of our genes. But, French researchers have discovered that these genetic modifications are ...
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Overweight children: fast food is not to blame!
© iStockPhotoA new American study conducted by the University of North Carolina and published in The American Journal of Clinical ...
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Male fertility: beware of overweight!
© iStockObesity harms fertility according to the results of a new scientific study carried out by researchers at the Stanford ...
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Breast milk protects against the risk of long-term obesity
If we take into account the child's diet after the breastfeeding period, the protective role of breast milk on the ...
Read moreThe suburbs: a cause of overweight
1er June 2004 - The risk of being overweight - or even obese - would be higher when living in ...
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Almost a quarter of miscarriages are preventable
Weight during pregnancy, alcohol consumption, night work are all factors that increase the risk of miscarriages, according to a Danish ...
Read moreThe doctor, a model for the patient
Doctors are not exemplary when it comes to taking charge of their own health. ..In fact, doctors should be models ...
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French women are obsessed with being thin
The ideals of slimming vary from country to country. The French are the women who aspire the most in the ...
Read moreOverweight: what is the impact of the psychological factor?
The reasons for weight gain can be multiple. I want to talk to you about the psychological factor sometimes summed ...
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Dr Pierre Dukan reduces obesity to “a mental problem”
By declaring that obesity is "a mental problem", nutritionist Pierre Dukan seems to underestimate the reality of a social, genetic, ...
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Antibiotics before six months increase the risk of overweight
According to a study of 11,500 children, giving antibiotics during the first 6 months of a newborn baby can cause ...
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Obesity: a breath test to assess the risk of overweight
That's according to a study by researchers at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...
Read moreElderly father, home children
The age of the father at the time of birth would have an importance on the risk of being too ...
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Overweight and weight loss
Everything about slimming, dieting and being overweight can be found in this extensive special. Fat facts and myths Rolls, love ...
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Pregnant at 40: beware of overweight
Good news for women who are living first pregnancy at 40s: Keeping the line would prevent pregnancy-related complications, according to ...
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Overweight: beware of the sugar contained in fruit juices!
Perhaps we should be more wary of fruit juices and smoothies. These drinks that we think are healthy and diet ...
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Overweight: mealtime more important than the meal?
"Do not eat between meals", this recommendation made by nutritionists has just found new confirmation in the recent observation of ...
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Overweight: eat hard-discount, it’s 2 cm more waistline
Tell me where you do your shopping, I'll tell you how heavy you are. Without being a new refrain, this ...
Read moreOverweight and obesity, risk factors for certain cancers
February 28, 2001 - According to a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies that have investigated the relationship between overweight and cancer ...
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