Obesity
Manage your weight and support overall health in retirement with expert guidance on obesity. Explore tips on nutrition, exercise, lifestyle changes, and medical strategies that help improve wellness, increase energy, and promote a more active and fulfilling life.
Sleep Less, Weigh More
Americans are obsessed with weight. We weigh too much, we’re told. Obesity will kill many of us. The truth is far more complicated. Part of that truth: a person’s weight is controlled by hundreds of different factors. And those are ones we know about.
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Are We Fatter Than We Think?
A recent study argues that Americans are far more obese than present standards imply. The authors argue that our obesity epidemic is far worse than the disaster we already think it is. Are they right? And what does it all mean?
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Can Marriage Make You Fat?
The data from this year’s American Sociological Association Meeting are troubling, though not surprising. A study of over 10,000 men and women revealed weight gain was common among both men and women in the 2 years after marriage.
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Are You Addicted to Fast Food?
There is emerging research to suggest the brain can become hardwired to crave a hit of extra crispy chicken just as it might any other addictive substance. Fast food companies share at least some of the blame for global corpulence.
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Women live longer, not better, largely because of obesity and arthritis
Older women suffer up to two and a half times more disabilities than men.
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