obesity

Obesity has climbed the charts to become the leading cause of preventable death in the 21st century. While the medical community treats symptoms of obesity such as diabetes, heart disease and some cancers there is little to be done to stop obesity from starting in the first place. The obesity epidemic has become a billion dollar industry with companies marketing quick fixes and glamorizing flat abs and simple cures. However, as we see with the climbing statistic; none have resulted in the answer to fighting this disease.

Obesity was formerly considered a disease of affluence but with it reaching global proportions we now can consider it a side affect of poor food quality as well. With fast food options on each street corner, as well as poorly run food education in most schools, there is no end in sight for obesity and the death grip it has on the modern era. 

Eating the right amount of calories and exercising are the real answer to obesity. Despite the recent studies showing genetic predisposition to becoming obese, prevention of the disease is still possible. Move your body more and consume less calories to prevent becoming obese. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, was teaching this lesson long before modern man created the diet pill or home gym equipment. 

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• Childhood Obesity Can Lead to Blindness

  
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• Childhood Obesity Increases Likelihood Of A Cranial Disorder That May Cause Blindness

  
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• Obesity not always tied to higher heart risk: study

  
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  An obese person isn’t inevitably at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death, a new U.K. study finds.“The people really at risk are the ones who have obesity in combination with other metabolic health risk factors,” said Mark Hamer, a principal research associate at University College London who worked ...
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• Anti-obesity proposal fails again at McDonald’s

  
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• Gut Health and Obesity

  
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• SBD And Metabolic Dysregulation In Obese Children Improved By Weight Loss

  
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• Link Between A Childs Body Fat And Vitamin D Insufficiency In The Mother

  
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• Anti-obesity proposal fails again at McDonald’s

  
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  McDonalds Corp investors soundly rejected a shareholder proposal that would have required the worlds biggest fast-food chain to assess its impact on childhood obesity.
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• Obesity Epidemic Likely Cause Of Huge Increase In Kidney Stones

  
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• Food Choices, Eating Patterns Likely Influenced By "Obesity Genes"

  
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• A calorie is a calorie, OR IS IT?

  
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• A Calorie Is a Calorie, Or Is It?

  
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• Hypocrisy, obesity and kids

  
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• Tell Congress Kids Need Biking and Walking Routes!

  
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  Tell Congress not to backpedal on a progressive program for biking and walking routes for kids in the US.
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• Stanford internist discusses how diet affects health

  
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• Weight Loss Diet Bariatric Diet What Comes Next

  
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• A Promising Method for Treating Obesity

  
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• One Size Does Not Fit All

  
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• Caesarean section delivery may double risk of childhood obesity: May be due to different gut bacteria

  
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• Metamorphasis

  
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