Tag: obesity

Women are at an increased risk for certain health issues as they age, but that risk can be minimized by maintaining a healthy lifestyle...

Allergies can be a pain, but the side effects of many allergy medications can be much worse. Along with drowsiness, the most common side...

The Weight Watchers diet has over one million followers worldwide. Many people rely on its guidelines in their journeys towards weight loss. However, the...

Classed as a powerful superfood by today's nutritional health experts, beetroots are commonly cooked or sliced thin for salads, are also easy to juice....

Today, almost 90 percent of United States employers offer some form of wellness incentive to their employees, according to Fidelity Investments and the National...

Members of the American Medical Association (AMA) met last week in Chicago and voted to consider obesity as a disease, despite opposition from the...

A 15-year Swedish study performed at Lund University has found that drinking just one soda per day could entail a 40 percent higher risk...

What do executives at Kraft and Frito Lay have in common with many other heads of American Big Food companies? Many of them choose organic...

Sugar, many feel, should be renamed the white devil. It is a highly addictive substance that lurks in more foods than we can ever...

In recent years, we’ve just started to see the dramatic cost effects from people who smoke. One of the latest studies suggests that businesses...