Obesity is a Disease

Walking through a crowded shopping mall on a Saturday afternoon it's easy to notice that most Americans are overweight or obese. This trend has been steadily growing for the last twenty years but has recently become an epidemic for American society. It's time to seriously address this issue from a clinical standpoint. Americans need to lose weight in order to live healthier lives and to avoid costly medical care down the road.

The Common Types Of Gastric Bypass Surgery For Fast Weight Loss

If you need to lose a lot of weight fast, then gastric bypass surgery may be an option. Generally, it's only performed on patients who have a serious medical requirement to lose weight rapidly. There are in fact two different types of gastric bypass surgery commonly performed, so let's take a look at both types, and who is likely to benefit the most from each type.

Helpful Tips On Improving Your Skin Tone By Reducing The Appearance Of Cellulite

It's a fact - cellulite is not very attractive. It can make your body look out of shape and lumpy, particularly the thighs, upper arms and buttocks. If you're an active woman and like to be outdoors, this can be a big problem, as cellulite makes you feel fat and unattractive. The idea that cellulite is linked to body fat is in fact a popular misconception.

Obesity Is A Big Deal

Obesity hits us in our hearts and our wallets. Extra weight is weighing done the prosperity of our country. And we are trying to fix it with solutions that only exacerbate the problem.

How People Gain Weight

Reasons why people gain weight. Both a survey of reasons from people and professionals. Who is really to blame for being over weight?

Johnny and Jamal: A Really Strong Story For Kids

This was the story that we used to introduce Operation Pull Your Own Weight to students at Jefferson Elementary School in Davenport, IA. They understand it and are inspired when they heary it. Give it a try with your own kids.

Laparoscopic Weight Loss Surgery - A Popular Choice But One With Many Medical Implications

The introduction of such techniques as laparoscopic weight loss surgery has made life a lot easier for a huge number of obese individuals but, like any other form of surgery, there is a price to pay in terms of both risk and lifestyle.

Surgery For Morbid Obesity Is Not Simply About Losing Weight

With obesity rising at a record rate so too is surgery for morbid obesity but all too often severely overweight individuals are forced to jump through a series of hoops before they can get the treatment that they often desperately need.

A Look at Obesity

If you thought being obese is being the target of fun, it only tells the part of the story about dangers and predicaments obesity exposes you to. Obesity is no more a simple result of overeating-lead-to-overweight case.

Learning More About Gastric Bypass Surgery And The Laparoscopic Gastric Band

The ready availability of information today is helping more and more people to discover the pros and cons of weight loss surgery and the particular benefits of modern minimally invasive surgical techniques such as those used in laparoscopic gastric band surgery.

Treating Obesity with Light Therapy

Treating obesity with light therapy is a simple intervention to lose weight. It is a treatment of restricted diet or regular exercise or better yet a combination of both.

Prevention of Child Obesity

Obesity among children and adolescents is a very serious issue that has a lot of medical and social effects that could probably persist into adulthood.

Lap Band Obesity Surgery – Safest Surgeries for Weight Loss

Lap-band adjustable gastric banding is the latest entrant that’s been approved by the FDA in 2001 in the sphere of surgical treatment for morbid obesity.

Why Does Adolescent Obesity Create Social Anxieties?

Obesity among the youth is now more prevalent than ever. There are approximately 30.4% overweight adolescents and 15.5% obese adolescents in the United States. We are aware of the string of diseases that could develop or worsen as obesity continues on to adulthood. But do we understand the impact obesity creates? Is an obese adolescent comfortable with himself in a social setting? Does adolescent obesity create social anxieties?

Churning Childhood Obesity

The prevalence of obesity in minors is increasing in the United States. Childhood obesity is rounded at a critical stage as approximately 15.3% of children ages 6–11 and 15.5% of adolescents ages 12–19 are overweight, and an additional 15% children and 14.9% adolescents are at risk for overweight.