Why It’s Okay for Obese People to Focus on Weight Loss
A growing movement insists that it’s harmful for overweight and obese women and men to focus on weight loss, but here is why they are very wrong. […]
Can Obesity Itself Cause a Bleeding Belly Button?
There IS a link between a bleeding belly button and being obese. The situation needs prompt treatment by a doctor. “Obesity itself does not cause a bleeding belly button, but it may contribute,” says Kathryn [...]
My 600 Pound Life: Pauline Is Another Penny
Penny from “My 600 Pound Life” now has a twin sister, Pauline, who’s in denial and refuses to take responsibility. An episode of “My 600 Pound Life” in 2015 was viewers’ first exposure to Pauline, [...]
How Important Is Weight Loss Before Total Knee Replacement Surgery?
If you have a total knee replacement surgery planned, you’d be doing yourself a huge favor by losing weight before having this procedure done. A report in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (Oct. [...]
Why Excess Fat Around the Heart Is So Dangerous
Emory University School of Medicine cardiologists note that X-ray via CT scan can measure the size of the fat layer surrounding the heart. The fat layer around the heart is called epicardial adipose tissue. Knowing [...]
Are Hoarding and Obesity Linked? Can Hoarders Self-Treat?
Is there a link between hoarding and obesity? Seems that most, if not all, hoarders are obese; you may have drawn this conclusion after seeing TLC’s “Hoarders: Buried Alive,” or even mere previews to this [...]
Hip Replacement Surgery: Obesity in Women Hampers Recovery
Not only is there nothing positive about a body that falls prey to hip disease due to obesity, but very plus-size women who undergo hip replacement surgery fare worse than do overweight men. A very [...]
How Much Weight Gain Raises LDL Bad Cholesterol?
Even a small weight gain in fat can raise your "bad" cholesterol (LDL), and I'm talking a very small weight gain. “Interestingly, a 10 percent weight loss has been shown to significantly decrease a broad variety [...]
Early Menopause, Heart Attack Risk: Thin Fit vs. Obese Women
The research-verdict is out that early menopause appears to double heart attack risk and increase risk of cardiovascular disease. But does this take into consideration variables of exercise, diet, body weight and smoking history? The [...]
Can Obesity & Overweight Cause Congestive Heart Failure?
When one thinks of obesity's harm to the heart, it's usually clogged arteries. But being fat can impair the heart's pumping action: heart failure. The heart fails to pump the amount of blood it's supposed [...]
Why Does Being Fat Raise the Risk of Uterine Cancer ?
Being fat increases the risk of uterine cancer, plain and simple. DNA mutations that lead to uterine cancer do NOT care if you love your larger-than-life body or hate it. Fat is a risk factor [...]
Do Fat and Sugar Feed Cancer Cells?
“Sugar is the main culprit to feeding cancer cells,” says Dr. Keith Kantor, a leading nutritionist and CEO of the Nutritional Addiction Mitigation Eating and Drinking (NAMED) program. NAMED treats substance abuse, mental illnesses and [...]
Life Span of Morbidly Obese vs. Normal Weight People
More truth shows that there’s no such thing as a healthy extremely obese individual and that obesity cuts life span SHORT. People who are extremely obese (class III) are more likely to have a much shortened [...]
Why Does Morbid Obesity Stop Menstruation?
Being morbidly obese, no matter how confident you are, can have a bad effect on your menstrual cycle. It is no secret that when a very obese woman has been unable to conceive despite a [...]
Why Does Gastric Bypass Surgery Cause Belly Pain?
Pain in the belly following gastric bypass surgery can have a number of causes, and it's not even that uncommon. Also keep in mind that a major cause of this is the fact that you [...]
