If your child’s body-mass index (BMI) is on the high end, helping them achieve a healthy weight won’t just benefit them from a health perspective
Tag Archives: Obesity
Let’s Help Our Kids
- 17
- Oct
Obesity is an often-overlooked (or ignored) public-health epidemic, and it’s not just adults who are suffering
Can Exercise Overcome the “Obesity Gene”?
- 14
- Oct
It’s undeniable that our increasingly sedentary, technology- and processed-food-based culture is at the heart of the obesity crisis, but there’s also no denying that some people are genetically predisposed to put on the pounds – and have difficulty losing them – compared to others. Put those circumstances together and you’ve got a recipe for obesity […]
Obesity Is Bad for the Brain
- 16
- Sep
When we think about obesity (and we think about it a lot these days because it’s impacts so many people), we often think about the physical or psychological consequences. Yes, obesity is a driver of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, musculoskeletal health issues and even some cancers. And on the psychological side, it can diminish […]
Obesity Is Bad for the Brain
- 15
- Apr
There’s nothing good about obesity when it comes to your health, with research connecting the dots between excess weight and a laundry list of poor health consequences including, but not limited to type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, osteoarthritis, gout, breathing problems and certain cancers. The brain isn’t immune from the perils of […]
