Obesity is Major Risk Factor For Sleep Apnea Sleep apnea (not breathing) is a common complaint among obese people. Sleep apnea occurs when an individual stops breathing for more than 10 seconds at a time while sleeping. These episodes of not breathing can occur hundreds of times a night. Preventing the individual from reaching a [...]
According to the American Heart Association, obesity is now recognized as a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, which can lead to heart attack. Obesity is simply defined as having too much body fat. A body is made of water, fat, protein, carbohydrate and various vitamins and minerals. If there is too much fat, [...]
Recent statistical data shows that about 10% of all cancers are obesity related. About 100,000 cases of cancer are directly related to patients being overweight or obese. Dr Colditz, from the Harvard School of Public Health, released these figures at a press conference during the American Association for Cancer Research’s international conference on Frontiers in [...]
Most Americans love to eat, and eat too much. In fact, the Center for Disease Control released a report suggesting we are eating ourselves into obesity and increasing our risk for and the incidence of common degenerative diseases For example, diabetes affected 11 million Americans in 1990. At the end of that decade, the number [...]