The obesity rate in northern China is significantly higher than that of southern China, with Beijing topping the scale, according to a recent report issued by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
cancer diagnoses can now be linked to overweight and obesity.
Sitting slows the metabolism, which can eventually cause obesity.
Previous studies have linked work—related stress to a range of mental and physical illnesses, such as depression and obesity.
It occurs when someone has any of three risk factors that include abdominal obesity, high fasting blood sugar, high blood pressure, high triglycerides and/or low HDL cholesterol.
Research from the Royal College of Surgeons has shown the office cake culture, in which workers bring in treats for birthdays and celebrations, is fueling obesity and dental problems.
A recent review published in the journal Obesity found that women on four widely different but popular diets all experienced greater weight loss when drinking more water.
While eating too much sugar is directly associated with obesity and a host of heart and liver-related problems, there are plenty of myths out there with a host of misinformation that oftentimes makes eating even moderate amounts of sugar sound worse than it is.
Yet a recent study has found that being exposed to pets from a young age lowers the risk of obesity and results in fewer allergies.
"Increased energy intake, in particular greater intakes of energy-dense foods, is thought to be one of the major contributors to the global rise of overweight and obesity, and carbohydrates represent a major source of energy in our diet," says the study's lead researcher Russell Keast.
"There are complex factors contributing to childhood obesity, but increasing observational research reports that shorter sleep duration may be an additional risk factor associated with higher body mass index among children," said Professor Chen Yajun, from the School of Public Health at Sun Yat-Sen University.
cancer diagnoses can now be linked to overweight and obesity.
Experiments showed the percentage of bacteria linked to obesity decreased in mice given black and green tea.
The US and some countries in the Caribbean as well as the Middle East came next with levels of obesity above 20% for the same age group.
A course offered at a university in East China will link students' weight loss directly to their marks in a bid to curb student obesity.
Firmicutes play a role in energy re-absorption, and may be linked to diabetes and obesity.
We now know that disturbed sleep is linked to many serious conditions, such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke to name but a few.
"I'm not going to say that the obesity crisis is caused by the sleep-loss epidemic alone," says Walker.
In addition to the world's most active and inactive countries, the research also found that in countries with fewer cases of obesity, the population walked a similar amount of steps daily.
The link between working at night and poor health has been known for several years, with those who work after dark more likely to suffer diabetes, obesity, poor fertility, heart attacks and tumors.
