Obesity: Causes & Risks

  • Metabolic Syndrome

    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

    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

    08/30/04, Psychology Today

    Portion size? Exercise? Why are Americans really gaining weight?

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  • Unsafe Neighborhoods a Factor in Obesity

    08/30/04, Psychology Today

    Your neighborhood may be to blame for your weight gain.

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  • Obesity - Who's at Risk?

    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

    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

    05/27/03, Psychology Today

    Are you overweight? Depressed? The two problems may be linked.

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