Sugar and Abnormal Hormonal Responses Are The Real Cause of Obesity Claims UCal Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2255442/Diet-The-real-reason-eat-Its-greed-genes-A-startling-new-theory-revolutionise-way-lose-weight.html The REAL reason you eat too much: New theory could revolutionise the way we lose weight By Louise Atkinson PUBLISHED: 18:31 EST, 31 December 2012 | UPDATED: 06:06 EST, 1 January 2013 Professor Lustig explains that leptin resistance – and sugar – is at the root of the obesity epidemic Waistband feeling a bit […]

Shocking test results show nearly two thirds of Californian youngsters are unfit

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2233820/Shocking-test-results-nearly-thirds-Californian-youngsters-unfit.html Tests show just 31 per cent of state’s students are physically fit Education department says results present ‘tremendous challenge’ Second year in a row Californian youngsters have scored poorly for fitness By Sam Adams PUBLISHED: 04:57 EST, 16 November 2012 | UPDATED: 04:57 EST, 16 November 2012 Nearly two thirds of children living in […]

Obesity rates spike compared to four years ago with middle-aged Americans leading the pack

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2222768/Obesity-rates-spike-compared-years-ago-middle-aged-Americans-leading-pack.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 23:00 EST, 23 October 2012 | UPDATED: 18:15 EST, 24 October 2012 As the presidential candidates bicker over whether Americans are ‘better off’ than they were four years ago, there’s one thing we know for sure: they are a lot heavier. Obesity has grown within every age group, from […]

Texan college bans pork from cafeteria over obesity and cancer concerns

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2186671/Texan-college-bans-pork-cafeteria-obesity-cancer-concerns.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:56 EST, 10 August 2012 | UPDATED: 12:56 EST, 10 August 2012 While most U.S. colleges have healthy-eating initiatives in place, one Texan university is taking their programme a step further by banning pork from the cafeteria. The Paul Quinn College – a historically black college – has instituted […]

Having seen the evidence, I don’t touch fizzy drinks any more. Frankly they’re evil

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2181290/Having-seen-evidence-I-dont-touch-fizzy-drinks-Frankly-theyre-evil.html By John Naish PUBLISHED: 19:34 EST, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED: 19:34 EST, 30 July 2012 Once upon a time, fizzy drinks were an occasional luxury treat. Now, many of us think nothing of having at least one every day — maybe a lunchtime can of cola or a ‘natural’ lemonade from Pret. We […]

Beating the bulge: Scientists say ‘smart food’ could tell the brain when to stop eating

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2179777/Beating-bulge-Scientists-say-smart-foods-hold-key-losing-weight.html Dutch researchers hope to develop food that tricks the brain into thinking we are full Could have an instant effect on the obese By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 06:09 EST, 27 July 2012 | UPDATED: 06:16 EST, 27 July 2012 Smart foods that tell the brain you have eaten enough could hold the key to […]

Caesarean section babies ‘face double the risk of obesity’ than those delivered naturally

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2149022/Caesarean-section-babies-face-double-risk-obesity-delivered-naturally.html By Jenny Hope PUBLISHED: 17:58 EST, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 01:47 EST, 24 May 2012 Babies born by caesarean section are at double the risk of becoming obese children as those delivered naturally, researchers have claimed. They said the obesity epidemic could be driven in part by rising rates of surgical deliveries. The […]

HALF of overweight teens in U.S. are at risk of heart attacks, study reveals

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2147627/Health-fears-study-finds-half-overweight-teens-U-S-risk-heart-attack.html 3,383 youths aged 12 to 19 participated in study Percentage of diabetic or pre-diabetic teens rose from 9% in 1999 to 21% in 2008 Found that 50% of overweight and 60% of obese youths had at least one risk factor for future heart disease In normal weight kids 27% had a risk factor By […]

Too fat to save lives: U.S. obesity epidemic triggers chronic organ shortage as a QUARTER of donors are too overweight

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2144015/U-S-obesity-crisis-set-cause-organ-shortage-Americans-fat-donate.html By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 22:30 EST, 13 May 2012 | UPDATED: 07:31 EST, 14 May 2012 America’s chronic obesity epidemic has triggered a crisis in organ donations – because a quarter of prospective donors are too fat to undergo the procedure. Researchers at the North Shore-LIJ Health System Transplant Center in New York and […]

How we start getting fat just three hours after a big meal

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2143709/How-eating-English-breakfast-hit-waistline-just-hours.html By Fiona Macrae PUBLISHED: 06:35 EST, 13 May 2012 | UPDATED: 18:46 EST, 13 May 2012 It’s often dismissed as a  cliche to motivate dieters. But it appears there may be some truth to the adage ‘a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips’. Once eaten, fat is stored on the waistline […]