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The overweight and obesity have become an epidemic that generates Diabetes Mellitus among other chronic diseases. Data from the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) reveal that more than 90 percent of diabetics are obese.

Doctors around the world warn that the overweight and obesity have become a silent epidemic that not only grows but generates diabetes mellitus, among other chronic diseases.

In 2030 the diabetes will be the second cause of death in Latin America, while the Aids occupy the fourth place. The disease doubled its impact. 5 Per cent of the deaths now will cause the 10 per cent.

According to the forecasts of the International Diabetes Federation, the world is 190 million diabetics, and for the year 2025 the figure will come to the 333 million. In Mexico is estimated that at present more than 6.5 million people with the disease, but if the current trend continues, within 30 years will be more than 11.5 million. Read the rest of this entry »

Within the range of products intended for the weight reduction, the Obegrass is a product that according to its manufacturer aims to balance the agency by way of functional activator regulating the absorption of dietary fat.

Its ingredients to achieve this effect are the Chitosan or the fructo-oligosaccharides, the first is attributed to him the ability to act at the level of absorption of fat, the second act as satiating appetite and regulators of bowel, is to take into account that are still under investigation the active principles of both.

Do not indicate side effects, but people with health problems or who are carrying out some kind of treatment specific, must be carefully read the leaflet of the product and to consult a professional before incorporating any supplement to your diet being this very important for their health and something that constantly recommend from living healthy.

According to their manufacturers this product acts in the following levels: Read the rest of this entry »

Obesity represents several risks to health, but without a doubt that none of the complications that brings the obesity is compared with the risk of death that this disease implies. Risk increases or decreases as the place to gain the fat.

A new British study found that the accumulation of fat in the waist doubles the risk of premature death. The novelty is that this risk also increases in those people who are not considered obese.

The study involved more than 350 thousand people from nine European countries. One of the conclusions reached is that the BMI (body mass index), which is the extent to which determines whether a person is obese or not, it is not the correct parameter.

Measure waist is better to control the IMC to determine the risk of death of a person. That is, many times doctors may be lost data vital because they are looking indicators wrong.

Every inch that joins the waistline increases the chances of dying (before time) of the people. It is considered that the men have accumulated more fat than due when your waist exceeds 120 centimeters, and in the women when more than 90. While a small waist is considered to be in the 82 centimeters and in the 66 centimeters respectively. Read the rest of this entry »

Currently one of every three children Americans is obese or overweight. While they are data of a country in particular, is a reality that childhood obesity is increasingly common in any part of the globe.

It as so many other situations could be avoided with a bit of information, because few people who know that obesity if it can prevent. In fact it is much easier to prevent treat it.

The risk of a child to become obese begins even before birth, establishing some parameters that are going to repeat during childhood and would likely lead to overweight.

Almost half of American women who are living a pregnancy are overweight or obese, this increases the chances of your baby is born or very small or large, which has influence in the development of obesity of the child. Read the rest of this entry »

New research has shed light on the issue of obesity. A recent study run counter to the biological clock facilitate the emergence of this disease showed that those who eat after dinner are more likely to gain weight.

The biological clock is telling us when to sleep and when awake. We also mark the mealtime. It seems that those who eat after dinner are more likely to gain weight. Such is the case of those with night eating syndrome (when they eat more than half of daily calories after dinner) or those working at night.

This study was conducted by Northwestern University (Illinois, USA) and published in “Obesity”. According to research eating our way out of sync clock facilitates the apparition of obesity.

A good solution to avoid gaining weight is to modify the timing of meals. According to the researchers, “this may be the beginning of the development of new strategies to combat obesity.” Beyond this, experts point out that this is not sufficient to prevent disease. Also, avoid excess calories, exercise and sleep the hours needed.