PUBLIC MARKS from kzoo with tag obesity

Nowerdays a massive common problem is Obesity, it effects men and women world wide and can leed to other serious health related problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Obesity is determined by the body mass index. If the body mass index of an individual exceeds, then the person is said to obese.

Obesity is quickly becoming a global phenomenon. While many world regions are still plagued with starvation, others indulge in overeating and suffer from a host of obesity-related diseases.

As the Americans pile their tables with more calorie-loaded meals offered by fast-food restaurants and supermarkets, scientists continue looking for genes that can hold key to wrong food choices, weight gain, and obesity-related diseases.

Turmeric, a spicy vegetable extensively used in the Indian cuisine to prepare flavourful curries, can become a new weight loss remedy.

According to todays news published by CanWest News Service, several modern researchers are insisting that bad rap on dietary fats should be put in question. Butter and lard, which gained a very bad reputation due to the prevailing in the Western world lipid hypothesis of obesity and other diseases of civilization, are indeed a part of a healthy diet.

A new aid has been developed for those who want to permanently lose weight! Linda Loyd of The Philadelphia Inquirer has recently reported that a new oral insert, which helps people get rid of excess pounds by taking smaller bites, is about to be tested in the USA.

There are currently about 2200 published books in America about food, diets, and nutrition. Even more so - thousands of magazine, newspaper and Internet articles are annually devoted to those topics.