Tag: OBESITY

As the U.S.'s battle against the bulge intensifies, scientists and medical professionals are progressively enlisting the aid of technology to help restrain those expanding waistlines. Two new, high-tech, anti-fat systems have now earned FDA approval, and the methods employ vastly differing techniques. The Zerona tactic, which can reportedly obliterate up 1.5 inches of flab from various bodily ...

As we can tell you, spending all day plopped in front of your computer can have pretty devastating effects on your physicality. According to a new study, though, logging onto the Web, under certain circumstances, can actually help people drop a few extra pounds. Researchers at Kaiser Permanente recently found that, when overweight patients used an online weight-loss support group, they ...

With KFC's Double Down "sandwich" now threatening to slap quadruple chins across much of America, people may soon begin chomping at the bit for equally extreme diet solutions to counteract the havoc wreaked by the Colonel. Gelesis, a Boston-based drug company, has apparently read the grease-stained handwriting on the wall, and has just concocted a new pill aimed at helping plus-sized Americans ...

In the crushing quest to shed all that unwanted weight picked up over the years -- or just the holiday season -- some might go the traditional route by signing up for a gym membership. Others jonesing for a more creative, entertaining outlet, however, will probably give the popular 'Wii Fit' a shot. But is Nintendo's collection of stretches and aerobic activities an effective antidote to love ...

With obesity levels rising, the U.S. population's affection for junk food is obvious. In case you needed further proof of our flabby nation's torrid love affair with gut-bombs, we would like to present the Eat N Tweet Challenge. Created by This is Why You're Fat, the Web site dedicated to all things artery-clogging, the Eat N Tweet Challenge pits contestants in a race against time, each other, ...

According to a British researcher, video games and computers are making us fat, stupid, and lazy. Baroness Susan Greenfield, director of the Royal Institution science research center, contends that gamers and computer users don't learn painful, real-life lessons -- such as those learned by a child who touches a hot stove or pulls a cat's tail. According to the Baroness, this leads people to ...

Obesity is a problem for the majority of our population, affecting the lives of many Americans in unfortunate ways. Aside from the constant risk of massive heart attacks, lots of overweight people -- and some who are just born with large hands -- are having trouble with the ever-decreasing size of buttons and touch screens. Luckily, Microsoft has a solution to what it calls the "fat finger ...

Depending on a car for transportation makes one more vulnerable to obesity, according to an article the Wired Blog found in the Journal of Physical Activity and Health. The study, conducted by University of Tennessee's David Bassett and Rutgers University's John Pucher, focused on transit and obesity figures in developed countries and determined, "Active transportation is inversely related to ...

While it's amazing to think that elementary school children would ever need to send text messages, a new study says the technology can be used to help those not-so-wee tykes among them lose weight. To combat childhood obesity, a researcher at the UNC School of Medicine used texting as part of a three week family program to encourage children to use a pedometer to track their daily amount of ...