Childhood Obesity

In this day and age of prevalent obesity, being thin is equal to being in the prime of health, right? Not so. Although being overweight is by no means beneficial to your wellness, being skinny certainly doesn’t get you off the hook in terms…

Child weight gain is a major family wellness problem in Wales, as new figures from Public Health Wales show that over 28% of five-year-olds in Wales are overweight, with 12.5% of children classed as obese. Although you might think that…

With childhood obesity at an all-time high, there has been a surge in wellness programmes designed to help children to lose weight, and guard their wellbeing against related diseases. However, according to a review of the evidence,…

It’s no secret that being obese is disastrous for your health. Obesity puts you at a higher risk of almost every major disease and health problem, and is also a natural burden on your wellbeing. Putting on weight excessively is usually the…

When your wellness is affected by type 2 diabetes, you may be prescribed Byetta. This drug has been approved to cure diabetes, but a study has now found that it can also improve the wellbeing of obese teenagers, by helping them to shed off…

When Shani Gofman’s doctor first mentioned weight-loss surgery, she was only 17 years old and still living with her parents in Brooklyn. Though there was no doubt that she was overweight at five foot one and 250 pounds, she resisted this…