Obesity: Causes & Risks

Metabolic Syndrome
Article
07/20/06, Healthwise
Metabolic syndrome is a group of health problems that include too much fat around the waist, elevated blood pressure, high triglycerides, elevated blood sugar, and low HDL cholesterol.
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Block the Brain Drain
Article
06/14/07, Psychology Today
Obese adults are twice as likely to develop dementia later in life verses their thin counterparts.
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The Widening of America
Article
08/30/04, Psychology Today
Portion size? Exercise? Why are Americans really gaining weight?
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Unsafe Neighborhoods a Factor in Obesity
Article
08/30/04, Psychology Today
Your neighborhood may be to blame for your weight gain.
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Obesity - Who's at Risk?
Article
01/01/03, PDR.net
Obesity often runs in families, although the exact nature of this apparent genetic influence on body weight is still unknown. Since you can't pick your parents, you can't control your predisposition to developing this disorder. Obesity is also rela
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Obesity - Why It Happens
Article
01/01/03, PDR.net
If you think the answer is "too much food," you're not entirely wrong. However, there are a couple of factors that determine what's too much. Inactivity reduces your calorie requirement, making more of what you eat unnecessary. A slow metabolism tha
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The Obesity-Depression Link
Article
05/27/03, Psychology Today
Are you overweight? Depressed? The two problems may be linked.
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