Articles — obesity

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Being overweight or obese can generate health problems such as metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes, heart disease, and hormonal imbalances which perpetuate further weight gain. If you are overweight you most likely have food addiction, food cravings, and stress related eating which are likely to fuel your weight gain and make it harder for you to lose weight. Behavior such as overeating can be modified through behavior change techniques that are taught during behavioral therapy of intervention. Behavioral intervention for weight loss seeks to change compulsive eating habits. Behavioral intervention includes meeting with groups and a specialist multiple times a...

Research has shown that children who are obese have a much greater risk of becoming and remaining obese as adults than normal weight children. Obese adolescents also have a very high risk for remaining obese as they become adults. In general, children who suffer from obesity and who remain obese or become obese as adults, have a high risk for developing metabolic syndrome, as well as type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease. The latter are often consequences or co-morbidities of metabolic syndrome. One of the most obvious causes for the increase in metabolic syndrome and obesity in children is the...

The obesity epidemic has long been attributed to a sedentary lifestyle and a high amount of energy consumption in our diets. New evidence is emerging that bacteria and hormones in the human gut play a major role in inflammation, insulin resistance, and obesity. Some of our hormones regulate weight and body fat produced by fat tissue, the gut, and the pancreas. Disruptions in these hormones can lead to obesity. Chronic inflammation then becomes a problem for overweight people. The inflammation in the GI tract can move from inside the gut, and out to the rest of the body. This can...