Obesity

Don´t Carry the Christmas Dinner Into the New Year

December 17, 2021 by Ricardo Vargas

The holiday season is eagerly awaited, meeting up with people you love, catching up and sharing a meal together. Is there anything better? But for this day to be memorable it is important to get the menu right, exaggerations can compromise the enjoyment of those festivities. It’s common to see plentiful tables and a lot […]

The Metabolic Syndrome

January 15, 2021 by Esther Neumann

Obesity, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar and increased triglycerides with simultaneously decreased HDL are the precursors of a heart attack. In the US, one third of the adult population suffer from metabolic syndrome, and in women at the age of 70 and over, the prevalence rises to about 60%. Even in the so-called developing […]

The Pleasure Trap

October 31, 2020 by Marcia Lobo Vidoto

I know it’s not healthy, but… Have you ever enjoyed an extra cheese pizza, an iced soft drink, or some temptation in the form of a dessert, like a chocolate cream cake, with filling, icing and chocolate chips everywhere, even though you know they are not healthy? Of course, yes! I think all of us. […]

Sleep Deficiencies and Obesity

September 26, 2020 by Charlotte Hardman

Few people would argue with the idea that sleep is good for us, but not many of us know that a lack of sleep can cause weight gain. The health benefits of sleep are extremely well-documented. It provides protection from many medical and psychiatric conditions as well as having positive effects on mood, quality of […]