Archive for the ‘Lifestyle and Obesity’ Category

Movement of Inactivity

Monday, May 10th, 2010

movement of inactivity

We live in an era of great technology and scientific advances at the expense of our quality of life. In other words, delegating many tasks of physical nature to generating apparatus and appliances and a large sedentary in our routines, and our minimum body movement and often negligible.

The number one excuse in these cases is the lack of free time, a lot of work, occupations, study, chores, etc. But our body needs the efforts to tone and exercise enough.

The most common consequence tackle this problem in sports is not obese, even at very young ages. The diet is also crucial in these cases, being an ally of the year in the burning of calories contained in food.

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Why the Chinese are so thin?

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

What makes the Chinese people to be thin?, Is it because of genes?, “A more active lifestyle?.

The British author Lorraine Clissold discovered what the Chinese remains weak, despite plenty to eat, great food, while the British and Americans are suffering with mild salad and still fail to lose weight.

Interviewed from his home in North Yorkshire, Clissold gives the definitive answer to the secret surprise Chinese saying: the traditional Chinese diet, is supported by a strong cultural background and keen humor.

Why the Chinese do not add calories, it’s a stimulating analysis of what makes the Chinese diet, based on knowledge of Clissold, who lived 10 years in Beijing as a Chinese cooking teacher and host of a program kitchen closed circuit television, it is likely that many readers review their lifestyle and eating habits.

Although not common in his diet book also includes recipes and tips to readers of other cultures, so they can incorporate some of the healthy aspects of the Chinese diet in their lives.

The writer provides several concepts of why the Chinese diet is so healthy, from what you really eat their attitudes toward food. (more…)

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Burning Calories

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Burning CaloriesDespite the low wear of mental energy and work, students who participated in the study consumed 23.6 percent more calories after the intellectual tasks.

The researchers found that the stress of thinking caused great thinkers over more calories.

The research team, supervised by Dr. Angelo Tremblay, measured the spontaneous food intake of 14 students after each of the three tasks.

The first was a relaxation session at the position, the second reading and summarizing a text and finally completing a series of tests on the computer of memory, attention and vigilance.

After 45 minutes on each activity, participants were invited to eat all they wanted from the buffet.

Researchers have discovered that each session of intellectual work requires only three calories more than the rest period.

However, despite the low expenditure of mental energy in the work, the students spontaneously consumed 203 more calories after summarizing a text and 253 more calories after the computer tests. (more…)

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Fatty foods could be banned to stop obesity

Friday, March 5th, 2010

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Food products produced by manufacturers with high fat and salt could be modified in its recipe to establish a new line to combat obesity.

The warning came as the English Department of Health launched a campaign for the New Year aimed to obesity.

Ben Bradshaw, Minister of Health, warned that obesity is increasing so fast that by 2050 four out of 10 children and nine of 10 adults will be obese or overweight.

He promised that the Government would take action on the matter in the incorporation of new rules to force food companies to play a role in changing eating habits imposing limits on the amount of fat and salt in some products. (more…)

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Obesity & Immune System

Thursday, February 18th, 2010

The adipose tissue not only contains adipocytes, the cells responsible for fat storage but also has the presence of a variety of immune cells. Researchers have also found that Treg cells, increase with age in visceral adipose tissue of an individual with normal weight but not in the subcutaneous. “This finding is important because visceral adipose tissue was directly related to insulin resistance, unlike the subcutaneous”
Researchers have discovered that another type of inflammatory immune cells, macrophages, are inversely related to Treg cells. That is, while the adipose tissue of obese and diabetic individual is full of inflammatory macrophages but almost devoid of Treg cells in the adipose tissue of an individual with normal weight, the opposite occurs. According to Herrero points, “it is possible that the inflammation caused by macrophages produce insulin resistance and as inferred in this work Treg cells kept at bay macrophages in normal adipose tissue thus preventing inflammation.”
This perspective is a key development because immunologists had thought until now that the function of Treg cells was to control the immune response to prevent the fight foreign pathogens could end up damaging the tissue itself. ”A wrong Treg cell function has been linked to diseases as diverse as multiple sclerosis and certain cancers. Now we’re seeing that Treg cells may also be necessary to prevent diabetes,

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Behaviors that Promote Obesity

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

For lack of time, the dishes needed in the household refrigerators. Easy to use, these products are often much richer in fat than the products fresh and not Pre-cooked. Regular consumption of foods from fast food also contributes to the absorption of fat mass. Far from being vital, these contributions involve dietary behaviors, focusing on fatty foods at the expense of lean. But beyond the eating habits of other factors such as stress, sleep deprivation, use of antidepressants or a nomadic lifestyle promotes obesity.

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Obesity and smoking shorten life in 10 years (II)

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

Obesity and smoking

Much of obesity is related to the risk of heart disease and stroke and to a lesser extent cancer.

Among middle-aged people in the UK, as one in four deaths are caused by heart attack or stroke, and one in 16 cancer deaths are due to overweight or obese, according to researchers estimate.

Fat at 40:

In adulthood, it may be easier to prevent substantial weight gain, to lose weight once you have won, they say.

Thus the body mass index (BMI) was calculated by dividing weight in kilograms by height in meters squared, an example would be:

Normal: 18.5 to 24.9
Overweight: 25 to 29.9
Obese: Above 30

It is very important to calculate your BMI, to avoid excess in middle age, which could add years to life. (more…)

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Obesity and smoking shorten life in 10 years

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010

Obesity and smoking

Being obese is very dangerous to health as being addicted to snuff, as it can shorten the life a decade, a group of experts from the University of Oxford has warned.

Even moderate obesity reduces life expectancy by about three years, said that the Services Unit of Clinical Trials, these results were published in The Lancet and derived from data on nearly one million people worldwide.

In the UK, a quarter of adults are considered obese, with a body mass index (BMI) greater than 30, this index is useful in assessing the extent to which the fatty tissue causes health problems.

If they are becoming obese or becoming overweight, can help add years to your life, says Dr. Gary Whitlock, University of Oxford. (more…)

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Evaluation of a sedentary lifestyle, obesity and heart disease

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

Evaluation of a sedentary lifestyle, obesity and heart disease

A new study in Clinical Cardiology examines the average fitness level of the morbidly obese (BMI between 40.0 and 49.9).

The results show that sedentary people proved that for more than 99 percent of the day and on average, walked less than 2500 steps per day, which is well below the guidelines of a healthy lifestyle which includes about 10,000 steps per day.

The results provide important links between obesity, poor fitness and cardiovascular disease.

The study used a precision sensor in the body continuously for measuring physical activity, caloric expenditure and the minute movement for a period of 72 hours within their home environments. (more…)

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