Obesity

Fitness for Elderly

by Mark on March 12, 2010

Elderly people has to follow a different life schedule, body gets week as they are aged. The recovery time also increases with age. The should follow a different daily workout routine. Vitamin E may help elderly people keep their vim and vigor. Poor nutrition may play a role in leading elderly people to become physically [...]

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There is another important benefit to exercise. Exercise may hold the key to youth, according to a study published recently, which showed people who keep fit are up to nine years biologically younger than those who do not. The study of 2,401 twins found that a sedentary lifestyle raises the risk of a range of [...]

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Exercise is Good for Health

by Mark on March 12, 2010

What effect does exercise have on the cells and tissues of the body and how can we use the knowledge to combat conditions like arthritis, diabetes and heart disease? These are just some of the questions that the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Musculoskeletal and Arthritis (IMHA) will tackle over the next five [...]

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Excess Water Intake won’t Reduce Weight

by Mark on March 12, 2010

If you think that drinking lots of water daily will help you cut the flab, think again, for a study has claimed that it could be just a waste of time. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have found that drinking the elixir of life does not keep one trim – instead, one could be [...]

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Doing Mental Work Could Lead to Obesity

by Mark on March 12, 2010

A new study at Universite Laval in Quebec City points that stress of intellectual work makes people eat more inviting obesity. In this Canadian study, the researchers asked 14 students to eat at a buffet after performing three easy but different tasks: Just sitting and relaxing; reading and summarizing a text, and doing memory tests [...]

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Cooking Schools To Fight Trans Fat

by Mark on March 12, 2010

PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND: The movement to ban artery-clogging trans fats from food has a new venue: cooking schools. Researches might have found that Genes link to high Cholesterol, however trans fat remains major cause of heart diseases. The places that train the people who will someday be feeding the rest of us are cutting back [...]

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Computer Game to Tackle Obesity

by Mark on March 12, 2010

The British government is set to encourage children to play “active computer games” to tackle the childhood obesity ‘epidemic’ in the country that costs the exchequer billions of pounds every year. With authorities desperately trying ever more imaginative ways to involve children in sports, schools are being encouraged to put the new generation of “active [...]

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