Researchers from the University of California in San Francisco (United States) say that the greater consumption of sugary and isotonic drinks or soft drinks with fruit flavors may have favored the appearance of new cases of diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in the United States during the last decade.
Overweight people have twice the risk of developing erectile dysfunction and obese people are 25 times more likely to suffer sexual problems than those of normal weight, as announced by the Institute of Sexual Medicine. The data is worrying considering that, according to the latest European Health Survey 2009, some six million Spaniards over 18 years of age (17 percent) have obesity problems, almost two percent more than in 2008; and 36.6 percent overweight, one percent more than the previous year.
A study by Paul Thompson, a researcher at the University of California, indicates that obesity can reduce brain size in the elderly, making them more vulnerable to dementia.
According to a new Canadian study, people with extreme obesity and those who are under the recommended weight die earlier than those of normal weight. And the longest-lived are those that are slightly overweight.
If you want to help combat climate change, start by dieting. According to a new British study, a population of 1 billion thin people emits millions of tons less carbon dioxide per year than the same number of fat people.
The combination of millions of microbes that inhabit our digestive system is almost unique in each individual. Random? Absolutely. An analysis of the genetic material of these bacteria in twins and twins reveals that they are very similar between siblings. And that its composition determines whether we are obese.
Can you imagine having in your hands a drug that allows you to eat everything without gaining a gram? A team of French scientists has just found a drug capable of making our body believe that the food we eat is limited or almost non-existent.
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.
