Worldwide it’s estimated that 1.7 billion people are overweight according to their body mass index, or BMI. In the United States of America alone 2/3 of the population is overweight, and half of those people are obese. As obesity continues to rise so does one...
The etiology of obesity is complex. The research has shown that there are many internal and external influences on body weight, one major influence being the bacteria that live within our gut, or our microbiota. As research continues to emerge on the gut-brain axis...
The number of people worldwide who suffer overweight (body mass index [BMI], calculated as a person’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of their height in meters, ≥ 25) and obesity (BMI ≥ 30) is staggering at 1.7 billion people. The United States has the...
Currently the U.S. childhood obesity rate is 18.5% among 2 – 19 year olds, with the rate of obesity increasing as age increases. Statistically one out of every six children of the more than 12 million children living in the U.S. are obese. Furthermore, research shows...
Obesity is a major risk factor in the development of many diseases. New research suggests that greater than 2/3 of the United States of America’s population is either overweight or obese. Controlling the underlying cause (obesity) is instrumental in the treatment and...
