Category Archives: Obesity

The issue of obesity in America.

Tweet Obesity in America has grown to an alarming rate over the past 2 decades and will continue to grow. The CDC says that just over 1/3 of adults in the U.S. are obese that’s about 97 million Americans.  The CDC predicts the percentage to grow to 42% by 2030 or even as high as [...]

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Obesity and apple peels.

Tweet Seems that apple peels are great for fighting obesity in a recent study. In the study in which mice were used a compound called ursolic acid increased muscle mass and curtailed obesity.  This same acid may deter fatty liver disease and pre-diabetes. In the research published in PLoS ONE, all the mice were fed [...]

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Has obesity become the new global pandemic?

Tweet Yes obesity has become a worldwide pandemic. More and more countries health care systems are being overwhelmed with the illnesses of diabetes and heart disease due to overweight and obese people.  Experts warned about this back in 2006 at an international conference. One billion adults are overweight and some 300 million people are obese [...]

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