Mini Gastric Bypass Surgery Can Save your Life

Before you decide to use mini gastric bypass surgery you should consider both its positive and negative aspects. It is a great weight loss toll, fast and efficient, and perhaps the most effective available today, however it is still a surgery and some risks remain.

Lap Band Weight Loss Surgery - How It Works?

Lap band weight loss surgery was long considered last resort for weight loss. In the recent years, thanks to the medical advance as well as more information about weight loss surgery being available, it has changed.

Renee Williams Gastric Bypass - An Inspiration Or A Warning?

On 20 February 2007 Renee Williams became the largest ever woman to undergo weight loss surgery when she underwent a five hour laparoscopic gastric bypass operation at the Renaissance Hospital in Houston. Tragically, just two weeks later she suffered a massive heart attack from which doctors were unable to revive her.

Boost Your Metabolism

How to boost metabolism in order to aid weight loss

Students Fail BMIs

Some schools are adding students BMIs to their report cards. Given the fact that schools have been a major part of the problem in fighting childhood obesity, this seems a little ironic. How would you feel if your child's school was telling you to do something about their weight problem?

You Could Actually Be Overweight Even If You're Slim

Understanding what makes someone obese isn't as simple as just looking at someone and determining that they are overweight or not by the way they look.

Fast Body Fat Loss Tips For You

If you are fat and overweight, do not worry. You can lose fat easily with minimal effort on your part. This article provides you with some important points to look on regarding losing your fat. Read On.

Hoodia Gordonii Plus - The Honest Review Of Hoodia Gordonii And Hoodia Products

How much weight do you want to lose? Can't seem to shift that excess weight? There could be hundreds of reasons why you want to lose the weight, but why can you not lose more than a few pound?

Childhood Obesity - Exercise Is Good

Childhood obesity is an increasingly difficult problem. Action, if taken early, can change the outcome for obese children or even prevent it happening in the first place. An appropriate exercise problem is one tool that can alter the outcome for such children.

Child Obesity - You Control What Your Child Eats

Remember that you control 72% of what and how much your children eat on a daily basis, and you can also ask them to exercise with a supervisor or guardian for extended time periods each day.

Obesity and the Amish

What do the Amish have to do with obesity? Not much, as it turns out. I recently read an article reviewing the recent Health and Fitness Summit co-sponsored by the American College of Sports Medicine and the National Academy of Sports Medicine. This four day event featured 77 speakers on various topics related to health and fitness.

How Did Oprah Fight the Obesity Battle?

Much emphasis is placed on Child Obesity but the obesity battle does not begin nor does it end with child obesity. American people today are plain and simply eating too much and the physical activity is way too low. The big question is what can we do to fight the obesity battle? Have we let our weight get out of hand to the point where we can’t fight the obesity battle? Can we find the armor it takes to fight the obesity battle? Do we have what it takes to meet the obesity battle head-on and win? What did Oprah Winfrey do to fight the obesity battle?

What Is The Difference Between Being Obese And Being Clinically Obese?

When we talk about obesity we are commonly referring to whether or not a determination of our body mass index shows that we are obese. While body mass index is a good general indicator it is not however entirely accurate and the only true determination of obesity needs to be made by your doctor.

Obesity in Children

Recent research has uncovered interesting and startling information regarding child obesity. Children today are eating way too much and their physical activity has gone way down. We can blame technology on this startling turn of events. Most children only get any type of physical activity at school. When they reach home, it is off to the television, the playstation, the computer, or the most recent PS2. All of this technology has made children live sedentary lives at such early ages.

Dangers Of Obesity

Obesity is a growing problem. Read about the factors that lead to obesity. Learn about the treatments used to help overcome obesity.