Better to be fat and fit than skinny and unfit

[Rasputin]

Often, a visit to the doctor's office starts with a weigh-in. But is a person's weight really a reliable indicator of overall health?

Increasingly, medical research is showing that it isn't. Despite concerns about an obesity epidemic, there is growing evidence that our obsession about...

[Rasputin]

450 pound teenager



YouTube - 225 Kg Iranian girl is just 17 years old/ دختر 225 کيلويي




Suffers from unknown disease in Khoy, northwest Iran

[Rasputin]

براي سالها ، توليداتي در معرض تبليغ و فروش مي رسد كه به

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[Rasputin]

When it comes to dieting, most of us are willing to resort to a trick or two to help us curb our appetite and eat less — drinking water to fill up when we're hungry, for example, or opting for artificial sweeteners instead of sugar to get the same satisfying sweetness without the offending calories....

[Rasputin]

Q: I’m a 30-something mother of two small children. I weighed 120 pounds all through my twenties, but after having my second child, my weight has climbed to 160. What can I do to return to my old shape?

A: The good news is that if you were 120 before, you can get there again! Here are...

[Rasputin]

Older obese adults who are in good cardiovascular shape have a lower risk of death than those who are of normal weight but are out of shape, finds a new study.


The research, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, finds that adults over age 60 who have higher...

[Rasputin]

Aerobic training such as walking or running on a stationary bike is a good way to accelerate the fat burning process, as long as it is not overdone and as long as it is used only in addition to a good weight training program.

It should never be used as a substitute for weight training...

[maryam9]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2946473.stm
(article is actually from 2003)

or

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle1647517.ece
(more upto date, 2007)

Google it - its interesting...

[fentoozler]

I always wondered what's more important to watch when dieting? Is it calories or fat?

[Rasputin]

Researchers have produced the first clear evidence for a gene common in the population that dictates why some people gain weight while others do not.

They found the gene, called FTO, by studying nearly 39,000 white Europeans in a finding they hope can lead to new ways to fight this growing...

[abadani69]

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