I am one of the unlucky Americans who experienced a mild stroke in the past two years. When it happened I woke up in the hospital feeling pretty cloudy and confused. What in the world just happened to me? Obviously, I was there for a reason but when the stroke hit me my first reaction […]
Posts with the Obesity tag
A Warning About Health Supplements
The health supplement industry is a 30 billion dollar a year industry. Companies, stores and websites are popping up daily to health supplements to make you more muscular, leaner, faster, more flexibility and painfree and it is just going to continue. While most people think that this would signal a change in our countries health, […]
Obesity
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Obesity and overweight Facts • Globally, there are more than 1 billion overweight adults, at least 300 million of them obese. • Obesity and overweight pose a major risk for chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and stroke, and certain forms of cancer. • The key causes are increased […]
Study Finds Lifeclinic Self-Testing Health Stations in Workplace Help Reduce Hypertension and Obesity
Study Finds Lifeclinic Self-Testing Health Stations in Workplace Help Reduce Hypertension and Obesity Burtonsville, MD (PRWEB) February 10, 2009 A new study finds that Lifeclinic automated self-testing health stations in the workplace are a valuable tool for employees and employers in the management of hypertension and obesity. Results of the study appear in the January […]
High Blood Pressure and Its Relation to Diabetes, Obesity & Exercise
By conventional medical definition, blood pressure (BP) is defined as the force of blood against the arteries when the heart beats, as well as when the heart rests. The BP is generally measured in mm Hg, or millimeters of mercury. Among the risk factors that heighten the onset of high BP include lifestyle factors such […]
Causes of High Diastolic Blood Pressure Readings and What to Do About Them
You’re probably familiar with the blood pressure cuff your doctor uses but do you really understand what he is measuring? Blood pressure is the force that the heart places on the walls of your blood vessels when it pumps and relaxes. When the heart pumps the pressure goes up and this is called systolic pressure. […]
Alternative Medicine For High Blood Pressure
You are now dead serious – you will do whatever it takes to fight your hypertension. You looked up information for alternative medicines for high blood pressure. There are way too many options for you not to keep your heart rate and blood sugar level normal. There are alternatives for regulating blood pressure which can […]
Link Between Childhood Diabetes And Obesity
Twenty years ago it was quite unusual for children to contract type 2 diabetes or adult onset diabetes as it used to be known. It was more common for them to contract type 1 diabetes or juvenile diabetes. The names of the diseases tended to suggest the age of the person that contracted the disease […]
Minerals, Vitamin Deficiency and Hair Loss
Is there a correlation between vitamin deficiency and hair loss? You bet there is. Read on this article for more information. Let’s start with your diet and be honest here. Do you consume a balanced diet? Perhaps each meal may not be strictly balanced, but is it safe to say that your meals balance out […]
Diabetes, Obesity, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol Are a Family – The Terrible Foursome
Diabetes is a metabolic problem. The explanation is this, it is an action of converting food that we eat and changing that into energy. It also relates to the storage and distribution of that energy throughout the body. How well this storage and distribution system works with your body determines how well your body works. […]
Understanding Your High Blood Pressure Medications
Blood pressure is a necessary part of the body’s survival; we often think of it as a bad thing because so many have problems with high blood pressure. However, your blood pressure is simply a measurement of the movement of your blood through your system. When your heart beats, it pumps and then rests, pumps, […]
Type 2 Diabetes – Childhood Obesity Is Leading to Diabetes in Adolescents!
The increase in Type 2 diabetes mirrors the increased incidence of obesity which has reached epidemic proportions around the world. At this time there are 45 million obese adults in the United States alone: that is around 30% of the adult population. And these people are all at an elevated risk for Type 2 diabetes. […]
Obesity Can Complicate Pregnancy
www.sunrisechildrenshospital.com With two-thirds of people living here overweight, doctors are treating more chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease. Now, there are major concerns being raised about how this will effect the next generation. Medical professionals are seeing more people facing deadly diseases due to obesity, and some are dealing with it before they […]