“Successful” MyFitnessPal Users

“Successful” MyFitnessPal Users

MyFitnessPal, a popular smartphone app with 150 million users, has released some interesting data about “successful users” who lost weight. All users ate similar amounts of carbs, fat and protein. However, the successful ones ate 29% more dietary fiber—but...
Obesity and Cancer Prevention

Obesity and Cancer Prevention

What is the most important thing you can do to prevent cancer other than not smoking? If you guessed being at a healthy weight, you are right. Take a look at this infographic from the American Institute of Cancer Research. LifeTip: Eat a healthy, wholesome, balanced...
Kidney Failure and Obesity

Kidney Failure and Obesity

Are “metabolically healthy obese” (MHO) individuals–those without risk factors like hypertension, poor lipid profiles or insulin resistance–free of health risks? South Korean researchers have found that compared with normal-weight individuals...
Soda’s Impact on Weight Gain

Soda’s Impact on Weight Gain

Analysis of the Framingham Heart Study has found that those drinking sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) had more belly fat than those not drinking SSBs. Yet the industry continues to supply the market with large quantities of this liquid candy—because there are steady...
Poor Kids More Likely to be Obese

Poor Kids More Likely to be Obese

A large British cohort study has found children living in poverty were two to three times more likely to be obese than the wealthiest. A poor diet, insufficient exercise, irregular bedtimes resulting in loss of sleep, the introduction of solid foods before 4 months...
Just One Night of Sleep Deprivation?

Just One Night of Sleep Deprivation?

When thinking about treating obesity, most of us think of diet and exercise. However, sleep loss increasingly appears to be an important factor. Dogs deprived of sleep for one night suffered a drop of 33% insulin sensitivity. The same 8 dogs had a 21% drop when fed a...

Which Country Leads the World in Childhood Obesity?

Looking for a really sobering number to share with your friends? Here it is. One in every five children 5-17 years old is overweight or obese—in the 34 countries monitored by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Believe it or not, the U.S. is...

Can Some Babies be Hardwired for Obesity?

Early research on fetal stem cells found an obese mother may "program" her child's cells to accumulate extra fat. This epigenetic study found cells from babies of obese mothers had greater accumulation of fat and a higher content of biomarkers for fat...

Teenage Obesity and Colorectal Cancer Risk

A study of almost 240,000 Swedish males, 16-20 years old were measured for height and weight. After 35 years of follow-up those in the upper overweight (BMI 27.5 to <30) or obese (BMI 30+) at the beginning were more than twice as likely to develop colorectal cancer...

Obesity Increases Risk of Stroke in Younger Adults

Researchers compared 1,201 people who had their first stroke between ages 15-49 with a control group who had no strokes. After adjusting for age, race, smoking, diabetes and high blood pressure the obese men had a 34% higher risk of stroke and women a 7%...

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