Easy Ways to Lose Weight

The World Health Organization has described obesity as a global epidemic and one of todays most blatantly visible yet neglected public health problems. In the last few years reports on the rise of this life-threatening condition among children and adults across the globe have been alarming. A total of 107.7 million children and 603.7 million adults were considered to be obese in 2015 Continue reading →

A record number of people are at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, increasing their chances of suffering a heart attack or stroke, the NHS has said. A growing obesity crisis has led to nearly 2 million people in England being exposed to the condition that causes the level of sugar in the blood to become too high. As part of efforts to tackle the problem, a radical new liquid diet will be available on the NHS to put type 2 diabetes into remission. Continue reading →

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - According to the New England Journal of Medicine, a new health study projects that almost half of United States adults will be overweight or obese by the year 2030. But that number is already much worse in San Luis Obispo County Continue reading →

Media Advisory Wednesday, February 19, 2020 Maternal obesity may increase a childs risk for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to an analysis by researchers from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), part of the National Institutes of Health. The researchers found that mothers but not fathers who were overweight or obese before pregnancy were more likely to report that their children had been diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or to have symptoms of hyperactivity, inattentiveness or impulsiveness at ages 7 to 8 years old Continue reading →

Over 7000 residents from various towns within the Abuakwa South Municipal Assembly, Sunday morning, joined Mr. Kingsley Agyemang, owner and founder of the Kingsley Keep Fit Club to walk for health. Continue reading →

London-based Second Nature, the tech-enabled digital health programme designed to combat obesity, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by Beringea. Previously named OurPath, the health tech startup is the first lifestyle change programme to be commissioned by the UKs National Health Service (NHS) for diabetes management. Second Natures twelve-week program combines advice from health experts with tracking technology on a smartphone app, and peer-reviewed studies confirm the programmes habit changes have led to sustained weight loss. Continue reading →

New mums have different concentrations of breast milk which can affect a babys growth rate up until their fifth birthday, new research has revealed. Some complex sugar molecules, called human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), found in breast milk could help babies who are behind the growth curve while others could do the opposite and help lower the risk of childhood obesity, the new study suggests. Previous studies have found breastfeeding can impact infant growth and help prevent obesity, both in childhood and later in life Continue reading →