Supermarket offerings promote obesity, at least in the United States. This is the conclusion reached by scientists at the University of Washington after exhaustively analyzing the data from the Seattle Obesity Study. By dividing supermarkets into three groups according to the average price of a hundred food products, the scientists found that where we shop daily (or weekly) dramatically influences obesity rates.
Peaches, nectarines, and plums contain a handful of bioactive compounds that fight obesity-associated diabetes and prevent cardiovascular disease. According to the authors of the study, which will be presented at the next meeting of the American Chemical Society, the finding of the properties of these fruits is important if we take into account the 30% of the population, which suffers from obesity and therefore Are you exposed to metabolic syndrome (cholesterol, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension?).
If we were to place all adult humans on a hypothetical giant scale, they would weigh no less than 287 million tons. Of these, 15 million are due to overweight and 3.5 million to obesity, according to a study just published in the journal BMC Public Health.
A new study by the University of Missouri (USA) with 6,250 schoolchildren has revealed that children who are continuously obese from kindergarten through fifth grade of primary school perform worse on math tests than children and growing children in the absence of obesity.
When it comes to getting a job, obese women are less likely than others, and they also receive lower salaries, according to a study published in the International Journal of Obesity. The researchers, from the Universities of Manchester (United Kingdom) and Monash (Australia), had the participants, who did not know the objective of the study, review a series of resumes that included photos of the candidates, and that they had to classify by their aptitude , starting salary and leadership potential.
According to the European Food Information Council (EUFIC), international studies on the economic costs of obesity have shown that they account for between 2% and 7% of total health expenditure. Furthermore, the estimated human cost of obesity is 18 million sick days and 30,000 deaths each year.
Whether you gain or lose weight not only depends on what foods you eat, but also when you eat. Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (USA) have concluded that maintaining regular meal times and interspersing periods of fasting can counteract the adverse effects of a high-fat diet and prevent obesity and diabetes, as well as keep the liver healthier. Their findings are published in the journal Cell Metabolism.
Social jet lag, a syndrome related to the lack of synchronization between the body clock and the reality of our daily tasks, not only causes us drowsiness. According to a study published in the latest issue of the journal 'Current Biology', it is also responsible for the global obesity epidemic.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
