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Are you overweight or overfat?

January 9, 2017 Srijita'Overfat':, Are, or, Overweight, You

We all have often heard of words like full figured, obese, overweight but there is a new term that is being increasingly used, overfat. It may have some similarity in the name with overweight, but they are not the same. While overweight people are distinguished on the basis of their Body Mass Index (BMI), overfat people may have an average weight but a dangerously high level of fat percentage below or above the belt or may be around other body parts. According to health experts, body fat for women should…

Here’s why overweight people give up easily on their workout routine

December 31, 2016 Srijitaeasily, Give, Here's, On, Overweight, People, Routine:, their, Up, Why, workout

A study finds as to why losing weight is not easy for obesepeople as it states physical inactivity results from the altered dopamine receptors – decreased motivation to move – rather than excess body weight. The study, conducted on mice, has been published in the journal of Cell Metabolism. “We know that physical activity is linked to overall good health, but not much is known about why people or animals with obesity are less active,” said study’s senior author Alexxai V. Kravitz from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive…

Mexico’s Overweight Population Inches Up

December 16, 2016 SrijitaInches, Mexico's, Overweight, population, Up

Nearly three-quarters of Mexican adults are overweight or obese and their numbers have slightly increased in the past four years despite government programs to fight the epidemic, a government survey showed Thursday. Mexico has one of the worst rates of overweight and obese people in the world, rivaling the United States, rising from 71.2 percent of people over 20 in 2012 to 72.5 percent this year, according to the health ministry. “There is a very slight increase but it’s not statistically significant,” deputy health minister Pablo Kuri said at a…

268 Million Kids to be Overweight Globally by 2025: Study

October 13, 2016 Srijita2025:, 268, be, by, Globally:, Kids, Million, Overweight, Study, to

In an indication that no policy interventions have proven very effective at changing current obesity trends, researchers have estimated that globally some 268 million children aged five to 17 years may be overweight by 2025. On the assumptions of continued population growth given by the World Bank, the study projected a rise from some 219 million children in this age group in 2010 to 268 million children in 2025. Obesity alone rises from 76 million children in 2010 to 91 million by 2025, the study, published in the journal Pediatric…

Kids Who Eat Two Breakfasts Are Less Likely to be Overweight

March 30, 2016 SrijitaAre, be, Breakfasts, Eat, Kids, Less, Likely, Overweight, to, Two, Who

A growing number of children are eating free breakfasts at school, but the push to provide morning meals for all children in low-income communities has long been accompanied by a concern that it might mean more kids end up eating a double breakfast, one at home and one at school, increasing their risk of obesity. A new study suggests that it is not children who indulge twice, but those who skip breakfast altogether, who are more likely to be overweight. In other words, two breakfasts appear to be better than…