Emotional eating is described as eating in response to a stressful or negative situation. A lot of people have a hard time expressing their emotions and will turn to food as a way to cope with feelings. However, emotional eating can be a detriment to someone being healthy and having a strong sense of well-being. …
Obesity, defined as a body mass index (BMI) of over 30, affects countless individuals and poses serious health risks including an increased probability of having a heart attack, stroke, or developing diabetes. Although the development of obesity is dependent on multiple factors including psychology, behavior, environment, and genetics, researchers have focused on discovering an obesity …
According to statistics, 17 percent of adolescents (aged from 12 to 19) were overweight back in the year 2000. More recent statistics (from 2007) indicate that the rate of overweight teens has increased from 14.4 percent to 15.8 percent within the last few years. It is believed that as many as 13 percent of teens …
There are many risk factors that may increase the liklihood that a person will become obese. Obesity risk factors include genetics, family history, age, smoking status, social and economic issues, and excessive weight gain in pregnancy. Having some obesity risk factors does not necessarily mean that a person will become obese but rather that the …
There has been much discussion as to whether an individual’s genetic makeup plays a role in determining metabolic efficiency, and influencing a person’s predisposition to obesity. Certain populations appear to metabolize food more economically in order to survive in challenging environments with restricted access to calories. When those same people are exposed to plentiful quantities …
Genetics play a role in obesity as our genetic make-up controls the way in which our bodies regulate energy, including the mechanisms used to store, and release food energy in the form of fat. It is believed that our genetic composition changes too slowly in order to be entirely responsible for the significant rise in …
According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), obesity affects approximately one-third of the adult population in the United States. Obesity is generally defined as having a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30, or having 25% or greater fat mass for males or having 30% or greater fat mass for females. …
Sometimes it seems that life would be easier without emotions. It’s true, we would not have to feel bad if they disappeared, but neither would we know happiness, contentment, or joy. We can learn to dismiss, ignore, stuff, and drown out our emotions but there are five reasons why we should respect them instead. 1. …
Emotional eating comes in a variety of forms, For many people, anxiety can trigger the urge to binge or indulge. Whether it’s brought on by social situations, unresolved feelings or stress, tackling anxiety-eating involves getting to the root cause of your feelings and coming up with some actionable steps to change the behavior. Have a …
Malnutrition and starvation wreak havoc on a person’s skin and fingernails. As the human body channels its limited nutritional resources towards more essential parts of the body, such as the organs, less nutrients are deployed to other parts and it results in undernourishment and changes. When there are changes in the hair and fingernails, it …
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