Category: obesity

New Progress in Weight Loss: Scientists Discovered Ways to Reduce Food Intake

Obesity has become an increasingly serious global problem. Data show that since 1975, the number of obese people worldwide has increased twofold, and more and more people’s lives and health are affected by obesity. Researchers around the world have been trying to explore ways to lose weight. Some progresses have been made lately on how to…


New Progress in Weight Loss: Scientists Discover Ways to Reduce Food Intake

Obesity has become an increasingly serious global problem. Data show that since 1975, the number of obese people worldwide has increased twofold, and more and more people’s lives and health are affected by obesity. Researchers around the world have been trying to explore ways to lose weight. Some progresses have been made lately on how to…


When You Use Food to Check out on Feelings

Most of us have heard the term “freshman 15,” referring to the 15 pounds many college students put on in their first year away from home. But a similar phenomenon occurs for many adults over the wintertime. When we have to stay inside, we humans go through our own hibernation process, which often results in…


Obesity: It’s Not Just for Mid-Life Anymore

No matter what time you set on your alarm clock, you keep pounding the snooze button until 8:30 every morning. Barreling out of bed in a panic, you hit the shower, race out the door, and clock into work just 10 minutes late with a coffee and giant muffin in hand. You work through lunch…


Better School Lunches Blunt U.S. Kids’ Weight Gain

America’s kids have a weight problem, but regulations that boosted the nutritional standards for school meals may have helped slowed down weight gain among low-income students, a new study finds. For decades, the National School Lunch Program has provided free or low-cost meals to U.S. schoolchildren. As of 2016, more than 30 million students nationwide were participating,…


Kids, Soda, and Obesity

Soda addiction has long been a problem in our nation’s schools. Every day for years, many kids have lined up at vending machines to buy their 20-ounce bottles of sugar and carbonated water before they go off to study important subjects like history, math, and, yes, nutrition. Kids love soda, but they aren’t the only…


Does Being Overweight Affect Your Risk of Cancer?

Did you Know? With the exception of smoking, nothing else affects your overall risk of cancer more than being overweight. According to an International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Working Group, these 13 different cancers have been linked to being overweight or obese: Endometrial: 7X as likely in people with severe obesity; 2–4X as likely in…


COVID-19 Vaccines Far Less Effective in People With Severe Obesity: Study

Severe obesity may weaken the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines among individuals who have never been infected with the virus, according to a small study published this month. A study conducted by Professor Volkan Demirhan Yumuk from Istanbul University in Turkey found that adults aged 18 or older with severe obesity have a much weaker immune response…


Vegan Diet Brings Weight Loss to Overweight and Diabetic Folks

Are you overweight or struggling with type 2 diabetes? Try going vegan, researchers suggest in a new data review. Vegan diets are high in fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes and seeds and have no animal-derived foods. The meta-analysis of 11 studies published through March 2022 that included a total of nearly 800 people found that following a…


How Sugar Affects the Body!

What’s the difference between sugar and high fructose corn syrup! Is one better for us over the other? One of the two gives this particular organ a good beat down session! Dr. Sean McCaffrey is a physician, speaker, teacher, author, mentor, and radio host. He is the Founder of McCaffrey Health Center and McCaffrey Laboratory….