Obesity problem getting bigger in Spain

According to the study released by ministry of health in Spain, 52 percent of adult population and 27.6 percent of children are either overweight or obese. The result shows that 15.5 percent of men and 15 percent of women were obese and that 44.4 percent of men and 30.3 percent of women were overweight(From Yahoo News).

Of children interviewed in the latest study, 9.1 percent of those aged between two and 17 were obese and 18.5 percent were overweight, compared with 8.5 and 18.2 percent a year earlier.

That puts Spain up with Britain as one of the worst affected nations in Europe.

Good news for losing pounds and bad for eggs

According to a recent study, just by eating eggs in the breakfast, we can lose 2 pounds per month. That is great news for all weight watchers and bad one for eggs.

According a new research by Rochester Centre for Obesity in America, eating eggs in the breakfast could limit your intake of calories by 400 in the whole day. And it was also found that people felt satisfied throughout the day after eating eggs in the breakfast.

It was found that the women, who eat eggs in the breakfast, felt less hungry before lunch and thus are smaller lunch. This study shows that eating eggs in the breakfast kept you full for longer, so you ate lesser at your next few meals. So just by eating eggs in the breakfast and without getting hungry, you can lose up to 2 pounds in a month.

Eggs are full of nutrition with proteins, vitamins A, Zinc and iron. And each egg contains 85 calories.

Diane Loffredo was able to lose 65 pounds?

By the end of 2005, Diane Loffredo heard about a new Health program called Healthyroads, which was there to help the employees in getting fit and fine. Diane Loffredo said "for a long time, I'd been thinking about this," Loffredo said. "I was really out of shape, and I wanted to get fit. And I was worried about my health in general" (from miamiherald.com).

She was going to celebrate her birthday on 28 Dec and she was going to enter in 50th tear. She wanted to be absolutely fit and look in great shape. She then finally decided to join the Healthyroads, which is a California based company.

She arranged a weekly half-hour session with her fitness coach and get big file of tips with a cookbook and a pedometer. Her coach, Kimberly Asbury did not force her to make sudden changes in her lifestyle. She asked her coach in the beginning, "Right now, I just want to get fit".

She weighed about 230 pounds and in February, she made it public that she was going to lose 50 pounds for her birthday. She said, "After a couple of weeks, we talked about my diet. `What kind of breads do you eat?' And that led to more whole grains -- whole grain bread, whole grain pasta, and she explained about higher fiber content to make blood sugar steadier, which means you're not as hungry. I kind of knew that, but I hadn't applied myself."

She started using more fruits and veggies with lesser fat and lower intake of red meat. In the beginning, it was difficult for her to drink high amount of water. She was addicted to diet Coke. But when she leaves it, she was able to get some taste out of water. With this she was able to cut off her intake of sugar and sweets to some extent.

With these healthy choices, came the exercise. In the beginning, she was too much slow with her walking. But she kept improving and was able to walk 4 miles an hour. When she went to her Doctor in November, 2006 after losing 50 pounds, He said "`Diane, you have put 10 years on your life."

In March, She achievement won the grand prize of $25000 for Healthyroads' Get Healthy! National Awards program. Presently she is able to maintain a healthy life style and keep on losing small bit of weight.

Now she says, "We have to acknowledge that we're responsible for our fitness and our health. I'm really proud for the people of Mercy for having this program. I know I wouldn't have done it without it."

Planning more meals at home

I want to bring my fast food and restaurant dinning to the minimum. Right now I am going for dinning out on more than seven times in a week. The biggest role in eating out happens more in weekends. I want to bring it to at most three to four times a week. I have got some plans for making it really true.

I am planning to keep my eating pattern same as it is during the working days. No doubt eating healthy meal for the whole week is really a challenge. So here is the list of things that I am planning to do to eat more healthy meals during the whole week:

• I am going to bring some cooking books and plan some healthy menu items out of them.


• Planning for some meals, which can be quickly prepared when I do not have time.


• Going to purchase all the ingredients that I will need to prepare some healthy meals at home.


• I have decided to make a healthy menu for my breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks and going to include lots of fruits and veggies.

One Day diet is too much

A recent study revealed that one woman out of three women in Scotland quit their diet within one day(24 Hours). The Scotland woman’s have the least willpower to get slim in UK (The Daily Record).

Another 25 percent quit the diet within a week and mostly said that they found it is impossible for them to go ahead with the diet.

It's not surprising, as the same number claim a diet makes them feel miserable and depressed.

The study also found that more than half of Brits also thought their partner had put on weight since they first got together.

Some 26 per cent of men said they wouldn't fancy their partner as much if they put on weight. And many would dump them if they got too fat.

Almost a third of men thought their partner could do with losing weight and 60 per cent would say something about any weight gain.

A cruel four per cent claimed they would even buy their partner clothes or underwear a size too small to hammer home the point.

TV fat ads boost fat kid’s food intake by more than 130 percent

According to a study conducted by British researchers, the obese and overweight children food intake increase by 134 percent after watching the food ads on TV (Yahoo News).

This study was conducted on 60 children, age from 9 to 11. It was found that overweight kids ate 101 percent more and normal weight kids ate 84 percent more after they were shown food ads on TV, toy ads and cartoons.

In this study, the children were offered different kind of food items like snacks, crisps, grapes, chocolate and jelly sweets. It was noted that the fat kids were going more for the highest fat items like jelly sweets and chocolates.

So this study shows that the food items ads on TV has a bad impact on the kids eating habits. It not only increases their consumption rate but also chances of getting obese or more obese.

Fat employees cost employers more

Study finds that the obese workers cost more to their bosses as compared to healthy workers. The fat workers have the double compensation claims and more frequently become disabled as compared to fit workers (From Yahoo News).

According to obesity experts they hope that this study will convince bosses to invest more in fat fighting programs. The employers should consider offering advice not only on safe work practices, but also on healthy eating and exercise.

A person is considered obese if his BMI is 30 or above. A person 5 feet 5 inches tall is obese at 180 pounds (82 kilograms) and morbidly obese, with a BMI of 40, at 240 pounds (109 kilograms). Obesity brings a higher risk of cancer, heart disease and diabetes.

Diet pills making you slim or unhealthy

There are many diet pills sold on the Internet that claim to be really healthy for weight loss. But many of these drugs can cause strokes, panic attacks and worse especially for women. There are too many website that sold weight loss pills without any kind of prescription or without mentioning the side effects of diet pills (From The Daily Mail).

Such sites attract the fat costumers by stats like she or he was able to lose this amount of weight in such a small interval of time or before and after weight loss pictures. Too many of us get stuck in this kind of publicity. They claim that the people in the ads were able to lose such amount of weight by healthy living. But the fact is that many of them use many diet pills like Phentermine for weight loss.

Many of sites are selling this drug online without prescription and without mentioning Phentermine side effects. And this drug is no longer prescribes in UK but is easily available on the Internet without any prescription. So many of us are putting our lives in risk by selling such diet pills online.

Researches have shown that there are around 2300 website that has been selling drugs directly to customers. According to a report last month from the UN International Narcotics Control Board, phentermine is one of the most commonly abused prescription drugs, followed by a number of similar amphetamine-type drugs collectively known as "anorectics".

Even the WeightWatchers community chat website had more than 80 message-board entries in which users talked about using phentermine - also commonly sold online under the brand names Duromine, Ionamine, Adipex and Fastin.

One website, which claimed to be "the official phentermine site", featured photographs of doctors in white coats and promised "no prescription required, no appointments, no waiting rooms and no embarrassment".

Overweight children percentage down in sugar free schools

According to a study, Stockholm school that banned the sugar food items like sweets, buns and soft drinks, saw the number of overweight children in school reduce by six percent in the last four years (From Yahoo News).

The number of overweight or obese six-to-10-year-olds dropped from 22 to 16 percent in the 10 Stockholm schools that participated in the study by banning sweets and introducing healthier lunches, the Swedish research institute said in a statement.

A control group of schools that did not introduce specific food regulations saw the number of overweight or obese children rise from 18 to 21 percent.

Leptin intake in early life may prevent obesity

According to a report by Times Online, a hormone-like substance Leptin when added to babies’ milk or given to the pregnant women, might prevent kids from getting fat in the adulthood. So then we all do not have to care for our kids eating habits and getting obese (From dailyindia).

Leptin, which is being produced by excessive amount of fat, gives signals to out brain to deter further eating. Scientists experimented with pregnant and lactating rats by providing them with Leptin- rich food and found that no matter what they ate, their babies did not put on weight.

They theorised that the intake of Leptin early in life 'hard-wires' the body's energy-balance settings.

According to Dr Mike Cawthorne of the University of Buckingham, mother's milk contains Leptin but other food supplements don't.

No of overweight people rising in Europe, especially children

According to recent studies, the number of obese people in Europe is rising and especially the rise in children is of worry for all the parents and health officials (From Yahoo News).

The obesity problem is rising like an epidemic in Europe. Estimates show there are around 1.1 billion overweight people in the world, of whom 312 million are obese, and that in Europe 10-20 percent of men are obese and almost half the population is overweight.

Around 30 percent children in Britain are either overweight or obese and this percentage in rising in south Europe. "More than 80 percent of children who are already obese will stay obese as adults," said Martin Fried of Prague's Charles University, who authored a major study on the effect of surgery on obese patients.

There are around 11 million Europeans who are grossly obese, with a body mass index of 40 or more.

Obese people are far more likely to suffer early deaths, have health problems like type-2 diabetes, and have a lower quality of life, as well as being unable to participate in work.

Obesity may rise with price of food

AUSTRALIANS’ health could be put at risk unless the Government keeps fruit and vegetable prices in check amid rising drought pressures, Labor’s health spokeswoman says (www.bordermail.com.au).

Nicola Roxon yesterday warned the drought could worsen the epidemic of childhood obesity.

Australians are bracing for the prospect of significantly higher food prices because water for irrigation in the nation’s food bowl is set to run out.

Ms Roxon said it was important for children to learn healthy eating habits while they were young.

Fruit cocktail considered as healthy food

Great news for fruits cocktail lovers, fruit cocktails are not only for fun but are now considered as healthy food. Adding ethanol -- the type of alcohol found in rum, vodka, tequila and other spirits -- boosted the antioxidant nutrients in strawberries and blackberries, the researchers found (Reuters).

Any colored fruit might be made even more healthful with the addition of a splash of alcohol.

Scientists at Kasetsart University in Thailand were exploring ways to help keep strawberries fresh during storage. Treating the berries with alcohol increased in antioxidant capacity and free radical scavenging activity, they found.

Any colored fruit or vegetable is rich in antioxidants, which are chemicals that can cancel out the cell-damaging effects of compounds called free radicals.

Berries, for instance, contain compounds known as polyphenols and anthocyanins. People who eat more of these fruits and vegetables have a documented lower risk of cancer, heart disease and some neurological diseases.

How healthy are artificial sweeteners

With the entry of big players in the Indian food market, The Indian people also have access to wide range of healthy products. There are many sweeteners and low-calorie products made with artificial sweeteners available for diabetics and weight watchers (Hindustan Times).

According to a recent study conducted by Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College discovered that Indian food market is flooded with beverage like like Diet Pepsi, Diet Coke, Catch Clear, soft drink concentrate like D-Lite, chewing gums like Sugar Free Orbit and candies like Ricola candies.

Confectionary and sweets shops also seem to be preparing the sweets, cakes and ice creams with the sugar free sweets by adding artificial sweeteners.

The study also looked at the consumption pattern of these products among Diabetics, Overweight individuals and college girls. Aspartame was found to be the most popular sweetener among the three groups of people.

However, most consumers were using these products without knowing which sweetener they are consuming. It is important for the consumer to know that these sweeteners can also be harmful if consumed in excess.

But how does one know how much is safe? According to the investigator, the first step is to know what you are eating. A simple way to know your intake is by reading the label of tabletop sweeteners carefully and noting down which chemical is present in it as a sweetener.

The study revealed that young girls who were neither overweight nor diabetic were consuming these products with an effort to cut down their calorie intake.

In fact their mean daily intake of aspartame was higher than the diabetics and overweight individuals surveyed. All three groups were however consuming these sweeteners within the safe limits of intake.

With use of food additives like artificial sweeteners, safety becomes a prime concern. Toxicity studies for sweeteners like saccharin and aspartame are still under a cloud of controversy with some scientists claiming that even if these sweeteners are consumed at levels below the ADI, they can produce toxic effects as severe as bladder cancer by saccharin and leukemia by aspartame.

So what should the consumer do while scientists make up their mind about the safety of these sweeteners?

The best bet is to consume them in moderate amounts keeping your intake well below the ADI. Also remember that in order to keep fit and healthy, you need to do a lot more than just cut sugar from your diet. Only a diet well balanced with all nutrients and an active exercise regimen can help you keep trim and looking good.

And for diabetics it is good to develop taste for products without sweetness. Then only will they be able to resist the urge to consume sweetened products in the long run.

Want your kid eat more fruits and vegetables?

If you are looking for some way for your kids to take more servings of fruits and vegetables, then Saint Louis University new research can be really helpful for you all. According to the research it is found that the children eat more fruits and vegetables if they are homegrown (Yahoo News).

Debra Haire-Joshu, Director of Saint Louis University's Obesity Prevention Center said, "Whether a food is homegrown makes a difference. Garden produce creates what we call a 'positive food environment.'"

Researchers interviewed about 1,600 parents of preschool-aged children who live in rural southeast Missouri. They found that preschool children who were almost always served homegrown fruits and vegetables were more than twice as likely to eat five servings a day than those who rarely or never ate homegrown produce.

The American Dietetic Association recommends between five and 13 servings of fruits and vegetables a day.

"Glycemic load" of diet has no effect on weight loss

When it comes to losing weight, the number of calories you eat, rather than the type of carbohydrates, may be what matters most, according to a new study (Yahoo News).

The findings, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, suggest that diets low in "glycemic load" are no better at taking the pounds off than more traditional -- and more carbohydrate-friendly -- approaches to calorie-cutting.

The concept of glycemic load is based on the fact that different carbohydrates have different effects on blood sugar. White bread and potatoes, for example, have a high glycemic index, which means they tend to cause a rapid surge in blood sugar. Other carbs, such as high-fiber cereals or beans, create a more gradual change and are considered to have a low glycemic index.

The measurement of glycemic load takes things a step further by considering not only an individual food's glycemic index, but its total number of carbohydrates. A sweet juicy piece of fruit might have a high glycemic index, but is low in calories and grams of carbohydrate. Therefore, it can fit into a diet low in glycemic load.

Healthy restaurant options in LA

Are you looking for a restaurant in Los Angles where you will be served healthy food? Lisa La Barre of labarrenutrition.com has compiled a big list of healthy restaurants in Los Angles. So just check out this cool list and see which of these healthy restaurants is near you

1. A VOTRE SANTÉ 
13016 San Vicente 
Brentwood 310-451-1813 
345 N. La Brea 
Los Angeles 323-857-0412 
1025 Abbot Kinney 
Venice 310-314-1187


2. COMFORT CAFE AT FRED SEGAL 
420 Broadway 
Santa Monica 310-395-6252


3. DHABA CUISINE OF INDIA 
2104 Main St. 
Santa Monica 310-399-9452


4. DR. J’S HEALTHY & TASTY 
1303 Westwood Blvd. 
Westwood 310-477-5322 (Vegan)


5. EREWHON NATURAL FOODS MARKET 
7660 Beverly Blvd. 
Los Angeles 323-937-0777


6. FLOWERING TREE, THE 
8253 Santa Monica Blvd. 
West Hollywood 323-654-4332


7. GOVINDA’S 
3764 Watseka Ave. 
West Los Angeles 310-836-1269
   HOLLYWOOD NATURAL FOODS 
6719 Hollywood Blvd. 
Los Angeles 323-465-4201
   


8. INAKA NATURAL FOODS RESTAURANT 
131 S. La Brea Ave. 
Los Angeles 323-936-9353


9. INN OF THE SEVENTH RAY 
128 Old Topanga Canyon Road 
Topanga 310-455-1311


10. JACK SPRAT’S GRILLE 
10668 W. Pico Blvd. 
Los Angeles 310-837-6662
    Le Pain de Crotin Beverly Hills –Little Santa Monica Blvd
    


11. NATIVE FOODS (Vegan)
1110 Gayley Ave. 
Westwood 310-209-1055
    NATURE’S WAY CAFE 
213 Arizona Ave. 
Santa Monica 310-393-3134
    


12. NEWSROOM, THE CAFE 
530 Wilshire Blvd 
Santa Monica 310-319-9100 
120 N. Robertson Blvd. 
West Hollywood 310-652-4444


13. REAL FOOD DAILY (Vegan)
514 Santa Monica Blvd. 
Santa Monica 310-451-7544 
414 La Cienega Blvd. 
Los Angeles 310-289-9910


14. SIMPLY WHOLESOME 
4448 W. Slauson Ave. 
Los Angeles 323-294-2144


15. SANTE LA BREA
345 N. La Brea 
Los Angeles 323-857-0412


16. Mason Jar Cafe
    8928 Santa Monica Blvd (Cross Street: Robertson Boulevard)
    West Hollywood, CA 90069View Map
    (310) 659-9111
    


17. Tender Greens
    9523 Culver Blvd (Cross Street: Irving Place)
    Culver City, CA 90232View Map
    (310) 842-8300
    


18. Inaka Fine Natural Foods
    131 S La Brea Ave (Cross Street: First Street)
    Los Angeles, CA 90036-2909View Map
    (323) 936-9353


19. Cooks Double Dutch
    9806 Washington Blvd (Cross Street: Delmas Terrace)
    Culver City, CA 90232View Map
    (310) 280-0991


20. Blue Hen
    1743 Colorado Blvd (Cross Street: Argus Drive)
    Los Angeles, CA 90041View Map
    (323) 982-9900


21. Wilshire Restaurant
    2454 Wilshire Blvd (near corner of 25th Street)
    Santa Monica, CA 90403
    Tel 310.586.1707
    Fax 310.586.1742
    


22. Crustacean
    9646 Little Santa Monica Boulevard
    Beverly Hills, CA 90210
    310.205.8990
    


23. Brooklyn Pizza & Pasta (Organic—not confirmed)
    9228 W Pico Blvd
    Los Angeles, CA 90035View Map
    (310) 550-9993
    


24. Taste on Melrose
    8454 Melrose Ave
    West Hollywood, CA 90069View Map
    (323) 852-6888
    


25. Josie’s
    2424 Pico Boulevard
    Santa Monica, CA 90405
    (310) 581-9888
    


26. Cheebo’s (one of the best!)
    7533 Sunset Blvd
    Hollywood, CA 90046
    323 850 - 7070
    


27. Axe (beautiful ambiance–organic)
    1009 Abbot Kinney Blvd,
    Venice 90291
    


28. Coral Tree Cafe (organic)
    11645 San Vicente Blvd
    Brentwood, CA 90049
    


29. Ammo
    1155 North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90038
    TELEPHONE - RESTAURANT/CATERING:(323) 871-2666
    TELEPHONE - OFFICE:(323) 467-3293


30. Border Grill:
    1445 4th Street
    Santa Monica, CA 90401
    310.451.1655
    310.394.2049 fax

Healthy Food choices

Do not what is the healthy food for you and need some help in this regard, here some guideline that will help you in making a healthy food choice:

• Eat whole, unprocessed foods


• Eat pasture fed meat


• Eat wild fish


• Eat olive oil, sesame oil, palm oil, coconut oil


• take cod liver oil regularly


• organic fruits & vegetables


• whole grains (preferably sprouted or soaked prior to cooking)


• fermented vegetables and drinks


• filtered water for drinking and cooking


• Celtic sea salt


• natural sweeteners (in moderation)


• use only natural food based supplements


• sleep, exercise, and natural light

Source: labarrenutrition.com/blog1

Californians Smart or Stupid eaters?

According to California Center for Public Health Advocacy of Davis field polls, only 10 percent of Californians are able to make a healthy choice from a short list of common fast foods (Central Valley Business Times).

No one from the poll was able to answer all of four questions. Less than one percents were able to answer three out of four questions. And even 68 percent of people failed to answer single question.

Scores were equally poor regardless of education levels or income. “I have a doctorate in public health, and I failed this quiz,” says Harold Goldstein, executive director of the California Center for Public Health Advocacy. “And common sense does not help either. Who would think that a large chocolate shake at McDonald’s has more calories than two Big Macs?”

Field Research Corporation polled 523 registered California voters from March 20-31, inviting them to pick the low calorie, low salt, high fat and high calorie item from a list of four menu options from popular restaurant or fast-food chains (from Central Valley Business Times).

Fruit Cheerios Family Fun Contest

Have You ever heard about fruit cheerios family fun contest. This contest is surely going to give us lot of fun and prizes.

"The Fruity Cheerios "Family Fun" contest encourages families to capture how Fruity Cheerios contributes to family fun by creating a picture or video inspired by Fruity Cheerios and featuring family members."

"Between now and by 18th May 2007, Fruity Cheerios-inspired photo and video entries will be gathered. A panel of judges will select five finalists in each (photo and video) category, and then we'll take the final decision to the Modern Mom community!"

"Modern Mom visitors will vote for their favorite entry in each category June 8th through June 16th, and the Grand Prize winner in each will win a case of Fruity Cheerios (YUM!) and $500 in cash!"

So we have to get creative for real fun and for winning the contest. To know more about entry submission details visit Fruity Cheerios Family Fun Contest page

Two liters of fluids per day

According to Consumer Rights Protection Centre in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, people who want to get rid of the extra fat should drink two liters of fluids every day. Many of the obese people drink very little and often mistook thirst as hunger (Hindustan Times).

The body frequently has to "learn" thirst. People not used to drinking a lot of fluids have less of an urge to drink than those who drink fluids regularly. Keeping to a "drinking schedule" can ensure that the former reach for a glass of water more often.

People who find water boring, there are many alternates available. Try unsweetened herbal and fruit teas or mixtures of sparkling water and fruit juice. Beer lovers need not fully strike the beverage from their evening diet, but beer is a poor thirst quencher and contains a lot of calories.

Obese kids more likely to have ear infection

Scientists in South Korea have discovered that obesity in children may increase the chances of some kind of ear infection. For this child may need to have tubes inserted in the ears to drain fluid, to prevent the recurrence of chronic middle ear infection (Yahoo News).

But many specialists in US have doubts over this research. Whether link exist between obesity and ear infection, but one thing it shows how extra fat can be bad for kids as it is for teens.

In the study, the researchers looked at two groups of children aged 2 to 7 -- 155 whom had tubes implanted in their ears to help them drain fluid and recover from ear infections, and 118 who were in the hospital for other reasons.

The children who were having ear infection were fatter than other kids according to their calculated BMI. Study says that The kids who have ear infection are having 22 as average BMI as compared to the 16 for the other group.

Kent Taking steps to fight against obesity

Many kids and adults are fighting against the obesity problem which seems to be growing like an epidemic all over the world. According to a national study, it was found that the 80 percent of children, who were overweight at ages 10 to 15, were obese by the age of 25 (www.woodtv.com).

A new program to fight this world wide epidemic is in progress. This program is called “Kent Steps Up!”. The fitness initiative created by the Kent County Health Department kicks off Monday and 11 schools are signed up to take part.

Each third and fourth grader will receive a pedometer to track how many steps they're taking everyday. The goal is to take at least 10,000 steps daily.

The top three schools at the end of the four-week challenge will receive $500 in prize money. That money will go toward the purchase of an item that encourages physical activity at the winning schools.

More kids are getting obese in canada

Stats show that 26 percent of kids between the ages of 2 to 17 have obesity problem in Canada. People are getting aware about this world wide increasing problem. And the steps to avoid this problem have already started worldwide.

Some people believe that too much of fast food and TV are the biggest reason for this increase in obesity.

Now obesity problem seems to be taken very seriously in Ottawa and steps are being taken by the higher authorities to keep the kids in good shape. The recent step taken in this direction is how the advertisers are going to target children under the age of 12.

Weight loss with your favorite food: cookie diet

Can you really lose weight by eating your favorite food -- over and over again? There's a new fad to drop pounds.

The Cookie diet was created by a Florida weight loss Doctor, Dr. Sanford Siegal. He says this is the diet, which is really difficult for the patients to say no. Doctor Sanford said that with the help of cookie diet, many of his patients were able to shed even 15 pounds per month.

He came up with a special recipe consisting of "appetite suppressing'" amino acids.

You eat six of the cookies day, then a low calorie dinner. But you need to exercise caution. The cookies will soon be available online, and will cost about $60 for a week’s supply.

To know more about cookie diet visit Cookie diet Official site.

Breastfeeding children less likely to be overweight in infancy

Children who were breastfed are less likely to be overweight as compared to the children who were fed through bottles in their infancy (Yahoo News).

This research was carried on 2300 children from birth to age of 7 by researchers in Netherlands. According to the researchers, those children who were breastfed for 16 weeks or so had a less BMI at the age of 1.

Similarly these children with less BMI are less likely to be overweight by the age of 7 as compared to bottle fed children.

Part from breastfed, it is the parents responsibility to teach their children healthy eating habits from their early age. So parents have to play a big role in their children healthy diet pattern and food acceptance.

Courtney Love reveals her weight loss truth

There are some rumors that Courtney Love had been able to lose so amount of weight (44 pounds) due to gastric-band surgery. But she denies that gastric-band surgery has nothing to do with her weight loss. She says, "I couldn't get that surgery if I begged for it."

Love says on her website that she got the inspiration to lose those extra pounds by Oprah. Courtney Love bikini photo are all around the Internet these days. She is seen once in a black number & once in a white bikini.

Courtney Love has been flashing her newly trimmed skin all over the beaches. Love says that it was all her hard work by which has been able to lose so much of pounds.

She says, "i started weight training three days go to get rid of the saggy ass and loose tummy i pln on hving perrrfect six pack by summer, and be extra strong so when i play shows ill be strong nd not weak "

Cardio for fat loss

If you are trying to lose weight, cardio exercise can be quite helpful. But you need to be fast with your cardio. And this is the exercise we can do at home. So it can be really useful if you are not able to go to gym for some obvious reason. The best way to lose weight with cardio will be to consider as a part of your weight loss program.

Best Time for doing cardio

There are many of us who would have been doing cardio already. Some do cardio in the morning, some in the evening, some in the daytime when they are fee and some just after the weight loss workout.

There is no doubt all of the time you are going to burn the calories. But the most important thing to watch out for is the best time more cardio to be most effective?

Doing cardio in the morning without eating anything is best. So firstly do cardio in the morning and after that do whatever you want like running, walking, swimming, ride a bike etc for maximum fat loss. The reason being, if we do cardio in the morning, we are going to burn body fat and if do it later in the day are just going to burn the carbs in the body.

Zero Calorie vitamin enhanced water beverage

According to a news release Fruit2O introduce a new water beverage with zero calories, enhanced vitamins and zero gram of carbohydrate per serving. Fruit2O provides benefits your body thirsts for, like immunity, energy, hydration and relaxation.

Like original Fruit2O, this enhanced product is really tasty and we can get necessary vitamins, minerals without adding any calories.

The product debuts in a clear, 16-fluid-ounce bottle with a silver label. It also comes in four-pack and 24-count variety pack. Suggested retail prices are 99 cents-$1.29, $2.99 and $12.99, respectively.

Fruit2O can help us a lot in staying healthy and hydrated. Fruit2O is a refreshing water beverage made with natural fruit essence.

Many dieters ends up with more weight

A new study says that dieting is less likely to help a person in long term weight loss and many of them may end up with more weight gain than they were having before going on dieting. US researchers found that a person often lose 5 to 10 percent of his weight in the first six months of starting a diet (BBC NEWS).

Lead researcher Traci Mann said: "We found that the majority of people regained all the weight, plus more. "Diets do not lead to sustained weight loss or health benefits for the majority of people.

"We concluded most of them would have been better off not going on the diet at all. "Their weight would have been pretty much the same, and their bodies would not suffer the wear and tear of losing weight and gaining it all back."

This study did not name any of diet in particular. Mann said that in her opinion eating in moderation was a good idea for everybody as was regular exercise. "Keeping weight off is a life-long challenge. It is just like heart disease or mental health problems, if you stop taking your medicine you can get worse.

"People who are overweight often don't have a balanced lifestyle and after losing weight too many stop keeping active or eating healthily."

Obese fastest growing among US overweight groups

Researchers said that the people who are overweight by 45 kg or more are the fastest growing group among all the overweight people in US. They found that share of obese was 50 percent higher in 2005 as compared to 2000, which is shocking increase (Yahoo News).

It is really surprising that the rate of obese people is growing at a very fast pace in spite of too much of attention towards the obesity and its effects on over overall health.

Researchers found that Americans with Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or more increased by 24 percent from 2000 to 2005. While the people with BMI of 40 or more increased by 50. And people with BMI of 50 or more increased by 75 %.

It is found that 30 percent of US people are overweight with BMI between 25 to 29 and another 30 percent who are having BMI 30 or above are obese. And overweight people have bigger chances of being more infected by heart disease, diabetes and some cancer.

Role of exercise and diet

Journal of clinical endocrinology & metabolism US has put forth a surprising relationship between exercise and diet. According to it a controlled healthy food and regular exercise is best to utilize calories because more are utilized in building muscle mass. It took two groups one is supplied with calorie - controlled diet and another is with more calories followed by a strict fitness system to burn extra calories. And results after six Month trials were quite amazing both groups shows similar reduction of energy. Both groups lose 27% abdominal visceral fat, 24% fat mass and 10% of their body weight. Most significant is lose of visceral fat.

Findings show that Weight loss can be exercised either through limiting calories or through losing calories. So weight and fat loss will occur equally if the calories are removed from the body or are never added in the first place. Researches show that building muscles can increase the body’s ability to loss weight. So an appropriate program of diet and exercise is best for weight loss.

Occurrence of asthma increases by 50% in overweight people

According to a latest study, the chances of asthma occurrence increase by 50 percent in obese and overweight people as compared to the people with normal weight. These results appear in the first issue for April 2007 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic Society (www.medicalnewstoday.com).

According to the experts, the chances of asthma can be reduced in the obese people by reduced by targeted interventions against being overweight or obese. According to a survey (1999-2002), 65% of adults in US are either overweight or obese and around 7 percent of US population is affected by asthma. Although Asthma is not as common in US as the problem of obesity, but it is found that the chanced of asthma occurrence are very much similar in overweight men and women.

According to Dr Sutherland, if we are able to get some major success in weight loss with the obese and overweight people, it may be estimated that the new asthma case in US may decrease by 250,000 per year.

Diet Cola Myths

There are millions of people among us who think that diet cola is a god choice for them which are low in kilojoules and sugar-free as it helps them to lose the unwanted fat. But the fact is just the opposite. According to a study named "Diet Cola Myths" it was found that diet cola could make you more fatty and rot your teeth (NEWS.com.au).

Study finds that the drinking artificially sweetened soft drinks can stimulate the appetite, triggering cravings for sweet foods. And this can make you put on extra weight. The study says that you can lose weight if you avoid these soft drinks and drink water instead.

And despite having no sugar, diet drinks are not safe for teeth because they contain phosphoric acid or citric acid, which cause tooth enamel to erode. "It's different from decay, but can be just as bad for your teeth," the report warns.

Regular coca-cola contains about eight spoons of sugar and 675kj. And a can of diet coke has less than 10kl but contains many artificial sweeteners, stimulates appetite and increases cravings for sweet foods. Diet colas usually contain at least two sweeteners that can be many hundreds of times sweeter than sugar.

Have you tried grapefruit for weight loss

Trying grapefruit for weight loss is a good idea. So why not include it in to your daily diet and see the pounds go. Researches have shown that grapefruit can be a big fat fighter.

In a recent study that was conducted at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, California, effects of grapefruits on weight loss was examined and found that taking half a grapefruit before your meal can help you lose people some pounds.

The researchers studied grapefruit capsules, grapefruit juice and real grapefruit. It was found that all of three are helpful but the people who easy the real grapefruits benefit the most.

Apart from weight loss, grapefruits have also the elements like liminoids and lycopene, which helps in fight against cancer. And you know half a grapefruit only contains 39 calories.

But why we gain weight

So far we have been talking too much about weight loss and all other issues like various diets and exercise programs. But the very basic question that stuck my mind is why we need to lose weight i.e. how or why we gain weight. If we do not gain extra weight, then we never need to lose it. So we need to find the reasons for weight gain. The best things I feel is remove this problem in total. Today we have to look for the ways to lose weight. If we are able to find out some of the basic roots of weight gain, then we may be able to tackle this problem in a better way. And once we have the reasons why we gain weight, we can make sure that we do not do anything that leads us to gain some extra pounds. I have collected a list of reasons by which we gain weight:

1. Lack of important fatty acid
   There are some fatty acids like flaxseed oil, which are important for our body to keep up the metabolic rate and to make hormones that our body needs. Lack of these acids can cause cravings, particularly for fatty foods.
   


2. By emotional eating
   Many people take food as a source of enjoyment and a good source of getting rid of tension and all. They start thinking food as their best friend. And in this way they start eating too much and that leads to lot of weight gain.
   


3. Due to modern life
   In today life, we do not have one thing that is time. So we do not do anything for our health like exercise, healthy eating and nothing positive.We are moving from traditional eating habits to restaurant foods in office and home.
   


4. Use of Alcohol
   Use of alcohol has also made add the problems for us.
   


5. Lack of sleep
   There are very few people among us in US who are able to take the recommended sleep of eight hours. And sleeping for too few hours bring hormonal change and which force us to weight gain.
   


6. Satisfactory temperature
   We try to keep the temperature in the office, home and car, which is very comfortable to us. You know when we are cold our body uses energy to warm us and when we feel hot, it uses energy to chill us. But by making the temperature comfortable and controlled, we are losing calorie-burning opportunities.
   


7. With growing population
   America is growing older and becoming more culturally diverse, particularly among the Hispanic-American population. Both of these groups, people over the age of 35 and those of Hispanic descent, have above average rates of obesity.
   


8. Moms at older age
   Women are taking too much time for becoming mother. Studies have shown that a teenager girl's risk of becoming obese increases by 14 percent for every five-year increment in maternal age.
   


9. Overweight people children
   When two overweight people have kids, their children are more likely to experience weight challenges than a child conceived by lean people.
   

Obesity is getting bigger Even in Asian countries like Thailand and Malaysia

According to health minister Chua Soi Lek, obesity will become a epidemic in Malaysia in the next ten years if nothing to do to stop the increasing obesity rate (Yahoo News). He said that other health related problems like high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and knee problems are getting high. Obesity problem has increased in Malaysia at a very brisk pace. The percentage of obese people, which was 4.4 in 1996, has gone up to 12.2 by 2003(almost tripled).

But the most surprising thing has happened in Thailand. Thailand has always been known for its tasty food and slim people. But now they have been looking for the solutions for the growing obesity problem. Chaicharn Deerochanawong, consultant in diabetes who works for the Ministry of Public Health says, we are eating more fat (junk food) as compared to the traditional Thai food which contains too many vegetables. He says in the past we did not eat too much but exercise a lot. A ministry study in 2003 found that 33.8 percent of Thai females and 31.5 percent of males were obese, representing a 50 percent rise from 1998.

Obese in Rio treated like horses

Rio de Janeiro hospital has been forcing obese patients to share the medical equipment with horse at local race track. This act has brought the attention of many activists who say this act is totally humiliating (Yahoo News).

When people have more weight than the standard equipment they are having, they are sent to the Jockey Club there have the suitable equipments. Obese patients, who want to lessen their stomach, need to go through the surgery which require a tomography, or multiple X-raying of body sections and that is carried out in a chamber.

Rio hospital has tomography equipment for those patients only who is weighting from 265 of pounds to 287 of pounds. Tomographs that are used on horses are sturdier and more spacious than common devices.

Many patients feel humiliated to go there said, Rosimere Lima da Silva, head of the Group for Salvaging Self-Esteem and Citizenship of the Obese (Graco).

How about losing weight while brushing your teeth

The latest miracle in the food market is the Diet Aid Toothpaste which claims that it can take some edge of your hunger and thus helps you in consuming around 500 less calories per day. This way if it works, will be able to lose one pound per week (www.dailymail.co.uk).

But it is quite expensive – about £6 for single tube which is just triple the rate of normal toothpastes we use. Diet Aid Toothpaste's manufacturers claim the magic ingredient is appetite suppressant chromium.

This Diet Aid Toothpaste looks nice and the instructions that are available with this Toothpaste states that we have to brush all parts of our mouth like teeth, tongue, upper part and the inner side of cheeks for at least two minutes. And this has to be dome five times or we can say whenever we take our meals or take some snacks kind of thing.

If this is the case, we have to keep it with us like we keep our mobile, purse etc with us. And we also have to use it I our office, at our friends house or even anywhere we are haaaaaaa.

But if all this is just a scam, then we are not going to lose any pound, but are only going to get too much of pain in our mouth.

Complete A to Z about fat and fat foods

If we eat extra food, which our body cannot burn, then that food stays in our body as fat. We need to stay away from junk food and try to adopt some healthy eating habits. We need to take our meals on time and be very punctual with our exercise programs.

1. A means Apple
   Eat an apple a day to be fit and fine
   


2. B means Breakfast
   Never skip your breakfast
   


3. C means calories
   Burn calories to get rid of stored fat
   


4. D means Diet
   Follow a healthy diet plan to be really successful in your fat loss
   


5. E means eggs
   Eat the white part of egg if you are fatty
   


6. F means fruits
   Include more and more fruit items in your diet
   


7. G means Green Tea
   Take green tea as a drink, pill and as a weight loss patch
   


8. H means Human Adeno virus
   It may cause obesity
   


9. I mean ice cream
   Take very little otherwise may help you become fatty
   


10. J Means Junk food
    Stay away from junk food and restaurants
    


11. K means kg
    1 kilograms = 2.20462262 pounds
    


12. L means Lard
    lard refers to pig fat and it is better to avoid it
    


13. M means meat
    Stay away from red meat
    


14. N means negative calorie food
    are foods, which utilize more calories to digest than the calorie foods in fact have. So go for them
    


15. O means obese
    it is the excessive storage of fat in our body
    


16. P means prickles
    Taking them leads to burning sensation in the stomach. So avoid them
    


17. Q means quit
    better quit junk food and eat quality food
    


18. R means Resvertroll
    Available in grapes and lowers the cholesterol
    


19. S means sugar
    go sugar free or cut some sugar out of your diet
    


20. T means TV
    do not watch TV while taking your meals
    


21. U means up to date
    remain up to date about your as well as your kids health and fitness
    


22. V means vegetables
    Include some green vegetables in your food
    


23. W means weight loss
    make healthy efforts and get to a healthy weight loss
    


24. X: As you like eat any thing in limited quantity


25. Y means yellow fruits
    Contain vitamin A, which is good for our eyes and skin
    


26. Z means zero
    Go sugar free.
    

700 pounds woman rescued from her bathroom

A woman who is 700 pounds named as Patty Brown fell on her second floor bathroom. Being not able to get up, She called the emergency service in Trenton, New Jersey. Even the medical personnel were unable to move her. So have to call the city fire department, which sends 3 fire engines and 25 officers to save her. Firefighters have to cut away part of an exterior wall and remove a window to save her in her bathroom before lowering her to the ground (Yahoo news).

After removing part of the bathroom wall, cutting the window down to the floor, and taking out the toilet and radiator, firefighters moved her into a rescue basket in which she was lowered down a specially reinforced ladder to the ground outside. She was taken to the stretcher with the help of ten firefighters. She was then moved to a big Ambulance, which are made for the obese people.

Patty Brown who get a bit injured in her fall was happy and conscious in her five hour long operation. Battalion Chief Qareeb Bashir, said that even through the firefighters are trained to do hard saves, but this was an unusual challenge. And this is a very strange situation for them.

Tall people burns calories efficiently

According to a research, tall people burns calories more effectively while they are running or walking as compared to short people. Herman Pontzer, a biological anthropologist at Washington University in St. Louis found that a tall person walking the same distance as a short person of identical weight and pace burns fewer calories, because longer legs are more efficient (www.northjersey.com).

Pontzer found that long-legged people expended slightly fewer calories during locomotion: about 8 calories per mile for a 6-foot person versus a 5-foot person of equal weight. "For people standing around the water cooler, having long or short legs isn't an excuse that your diet's not working," he says. "It's not a big enough effect."

Diet right: Stop emotional eating

Too much tension and happiness can make your eating habits really bad especially if you take food as a way to get comfort and enjoy in life. So here are some suggestions offered for solving your emotional eating problem:

1. Just keep a track of what you eat, how much you eat, when you eat and how you feel during your eating time may help you find the negative eating habits.


2. Find some way or the other to give some comfort or fun to yourself like by meeting your friends or going for a walk.


3. To get rid of stress, take proper rest and go for exercise regularly.


4. Postpone a trip to the supermarket when you’re feeling out of sync emotionally. These feelings can lead to impulsive purchases.


5. Keep junk food and all away from you and your house. Keep Vegetable and fruit kind of stuff around you.


6. Take your meals on time and take a balanced diet for better health.


7. Remember that it’s not the end of the world if you give in to emotional eating. Get a start fresh the next day.

Exercising have different effects on boys and girls

According to a study, exercising affects obesity in boys and girls differently. This study was carried on more than 200 children who were between the ages of 7 to 10. The study found that one out of five as overweight and six percent of them were obese.

Boys exercise hard double as compared to girls. They spent more than an hour on exercise on an average. The boys, who did their exercise with a lot of heart, had direct impact on their weight. And the boys who did less exercise were among the fattest. But this was not the case with girls.

Asthma more likely among obese adults

A new study says that the obese people may also be likely affected by Asthma. So obesity is going to bring a lot of disease for us. So the likeliness of asthma in obese adults should work in a healthy way for us and should inspire us to lose some extra pounds. So we have now one more healthy reason to lose the extra pounds (www.webmd.com).

This data was analyzed from many studies on weight and asthma. More than 333000 adults were included in these studies. Participants reported their height, weight, and whether or not they had asthma. The researchers calculated participants' BMI (body mass index), which relates height to weight. The participants with 25 to 30 are taken as overweight and the participants with body mass index from 30 or more are considered as obese.

Study found that, compared with participants with normal BMI; asthma was 38% more common in overweight adults and nearly twice as common among obese adults.

Study suggests pregnant women weight gain can lead to overweight kid

According to a study, the standard weight gain during pregnancy need to be changed. Pregnancy weight gain may increase the chances of overweight kid. Women in the study who gained the recommended amount of weight ran four times the risk of having a child who was overweight at age 3, compared to women who gained less than the advised amount (From MSNBC.com).

So to avoid this problem, the pregnant woman should not gain more weight than the recommended weight. The guidelines on weight gain during pregnancy varies from woman to woman depending upon the woman weight before pregnancy as measured by a combination of her height and weight called the body-mass index.

The women with Norman BMI are advised to gain weight up 35 pounds and Women with a higher BMI, meaning they are heavier at a given height, get lower targets, while women with a lower BMI are given a higher range.

High obesity among Puerto Rican kids

According to a new study about 13 % of the Puerto children going to the play school are obese. The study shows that districts with the most obese kindergartners are spread throughout the Caribbean island and include both rural and urban areas (from www.kentucky.com).

In Puerto Rico where fired food is very trendy, Thirteen percent of children among 10436, entering in play school are obese, more than twenty percent above their ideal weight. It is analyzed that by 2010 in US, one of every five children will be obese.

Velazquez, who is a nutritionist said that this report should aware the parents and the educators of the increasing obesity problem among kids. All this can lead to big weight loss problems in near future.

According to the experts, it is predicted that two-third of all the obese and overweight children will convert into overweight or obese teens.

Courtney Love’s big weight loss

Courtney Love has been able to lose 44 pounds. The former Hole singer, Courtney Love showed her skinny figure in a small bikini this week in a pool at Hawaiian holiday resort Kea Lani. She start losing weight in December when she start drinking diet shakes and start eating a healthy regime. She has been eating fish, vegetables and doing a lot of yoga. She looks a totally different person now and her goal is to lose 55 pounds in total (from thebosh.com).

So she has lost 44 pounds and 11 more pounds to go. According to Love’s representative, she has been following a natural diet of vegetables and fish. With this healthy eating, she has also been doing yoga and other exercises to meet her weight loss goals.

Junk food advertising ban comes into play

The junk food advertising has been banned from all TV programs that are specially meant for young children. According to the new rule, food and drinks high in fat cannot be shown in programs aimed at children from age four to 9 years (news.bbc.co.uk).

Some of TV channels and advertisers are feeling too much harsh by this decision. This decision has come as a way to avoid the increasing cases if obesity among young children. From January 1, 2008, this decision will be implemented on all TV programs aimed at children up to the age of fifteen and the other adult programs being watched by children.

By putting a ban on food items that are high in fat, the advertisers will have to make efforts to promote healthier food among children. TV channels and the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre (BACC) are responsible for ensuring commercials comply with the new rules, while Food Standards Agency guidelines will be used to decide which products are subject to the rules.