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3. Sleep Deprivation. There is a link between sleep loss and weight gain. Research shows that people who routinely don’t get enough sleep tend to eat higher-calorie and higher-fat diets.. Not ...
An article about Influences on Cognitive Function in Older Adults (Neuropsychology, November 2014) states that "the nutritional status of older adults relates to their quality of life, ability to live independently, and their risk for developing costly chronic illnesses. An aging adult’s nutritional well-being can be affected by multiple ...
The portion size of many prepackage and restaurant foods has increased in both the United States and Denmark since the 1970s. [7] Fast food servings, for example, are 2 to 5 times larger than they were in the 1980s. Evidence has shown that larger portions of energy-dense foods lead to greater energy intake and thus to greater rates of obesity ...
Diet quality can be improved by reducing the consumption of energy-dense foods, such as those high in fat or sugars, and by increasing the intake of dietary fiber. The World Health Organization stresses that the disease is a societal responsibility and that these dietary choices should be made the most available, affordable, and accessible ...
Sodium consumption causes your body to retain water. Water has weight and volume. So if you eat a lot of salty food several days in a row, you may suddenly gain weight, he says. Restaurant food ...
The foods you eat play an important role in helping you lose visceral fat. Even those traditionally considered to be “bad”—like full-fat dairy, fruit and popcorn—can aid in fat loss.
Obesity causes decreased tidal volumes due to a reduction in chest expansion that is caused both by the weight on the chest itself and the effect of abdominal obesity on flattening the diaphragm. [32] It is commonly seen that people who are obese breathe quickly and often, while inhaling small volumes of air. [33]
Other physicians sincerely believe that shaming fat people is the best way to motivate them to lose weight. “It’s the last area of medicine where we prescribe tough love,” says Mayo Clinic researcher Sean Phelan. In a 2013 journal article, bioethicist Daniel Callahan argued for more stigma against fat people. “People don’t realize ...