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Expert Author: Julia Sullivan Your thyroid dictates much of your metabolism, any malfunction or disease afflicting this area may cause you to have problems in metabolism leading to a drastic problem with your weight - you may either gain weight, lose weight, or may find that losing weight is harder than usual. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan In society, we are surrounded by small, medium, and large bone structures. The structure of the muscles and bones play a part in how the body is framed as it matures. Weight factors are considered by bone structure also. For instance, a medium-bone woman at the height of 5"2 can weigh up to 135 without being overweight. A larger bone structured woman can weigh a few pounds more without tipping the scale. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan Obesity as commonly perceived is not just a problem with human beings. It is prevalent in animals, both wild and pet.. In case of animals it is mostly found in pets. According to a recent research it has been found that about 25 per cent of the pets are obese or overweight. The study and percentages indicate that the problem has reached proportions where it cannot be ignored. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan Are you a woman who is struggling with your weight? If you are, you are definitely not alone. Today, many women are faced with many issues, including weight. If you are unhappy with your current weight, you may be interested in changing it, but, for many, that is often easier said than done. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan The Atkins diet is not a new phenomenon. The diet first appeared in the late 1970s and has grown popularity in recent years in response to the low-fat diet craze. As dieters had trouble with low-fat plans, they searched for a new solution and Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution book found a new audience. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan The Atkins diet is very popular, but it also comes with a lot of criticism. Health experts, doctors and diet specialists come from all different opinions when it comes to the Atkins diet and other low carb diets. Some believe that it is dangerous, some say that it is a healthy method to lose weight and others say that it works on a short-term basis. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan The Atkins diet has a lot of health benefits, but it is not exactly easy on the wallet. Fresh meats are some of the most expensive items in the grocery store and when you follow Atkins, you'll need to purchase a lot of them. However, there are simple steps that you can take to cut costs on this low-carb plan. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan When you first start on the Atkins program, you may be tempted to take advantage of many of the low carbohydrate products on the market today. There are a wide variety of packaged items that are specifically manufactured to be low-carb. These include low-carb snacks, low-carb baking products and low-carb substitutes (like pasta or bread). While it may be enticing to fill your shopping cart with all of these goodies, it's best for your diet and for your health to use them sparingly. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan Sugar is everywhere you look and it might pop up in some surprising places. Did you know that most whole grain breads have at least one form of sugar in them? We have a national sweet tooth epidemic. Even if you don't eat a lot of sugary treats you may experience intense sugar cravings in the first few weeks of the Atkins diet. So many "healthy" carbohydrate foods have hidden sugars in them, your body may be experiencing withdrawal. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan The basic principle of the Atkins diet is that a state of ketosis will help you burn your fat stores as energy. Many people, even those who are on low carbohydrate diets, don't quite understand ketosis and why it works. Most diets are calorie-reduction diets. They help you lose weight, but some of the weight is from fat and some of it is from lean muscle tissue. While you may look smaller on the scale, your metabolism is actually slowing down. The more muscle you lose the slower your metabolism will be. This makes losing weight more difficult and gaining weight back even simpler. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan The major complaint of those who use the Atkins diet is the intestinal problems that are associated with reducing carbohydrates. These problems can include constipation and diarrhea. These symptoms can happen to anybody at some point, but those who follow a low-carb diet are especially prone. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan There is a lot of attention paid in the Atkins diet plan towards food and cooking. It's true that your food choices on the diet are of utmost importance. But a lot of people make the mistake of ignoring exercise. The newly released Atkins food pyramid shows the importance of exercise. It shows an increase in Expert Author: Dr. Jenny Hobson Obesity is fundamentally associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Weight loss reduces the risk factors for complications associated with the excess weight, including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. There are other several treatment options for the management of overweight and obese individuals, including diet therapy, changes in physical activity, behavioral therapy and drug therapy, surgery and a combination of these. Expert Author: Normand Jeckins One writes and talks about overweight more and more, but despite this, the percent of the people with excess kilos is constantly increasing. As basic reason for this the specialists indicate the drastic change in the lifestyle of human in the last decades and the following physiological and psychic changes, on which human body cannot give an adequate answer. Expert Author: Constantine George How much food in a day is too much? Am I overweight? What is my body fat content? Am I better off with proteins (Atkins diet) than carbs (Mediterranean diet)? No easy answers to these questions for many of us. Even if you feel good and you are happy with the way you look you should still consider the long term impact of an improper caloric balance or carbs vs. protein balance to your health. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan Being over weight will hurt you if you let it and do not do something about it. It is not good to be over weight, obesity can cause your body harm. What are something that can happen to me if am overweight? If you are over weight there is many things that can happen to you. Obesity is responsible for heart attacks. Obesity is behind sleep apnea, strokes, diabetes and so on. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan Obesity and overweight are the second most major reasons of preventable deaths in America. Stagnant lifestyle and junk food is to be blamed for more than three hundred thousand deaths per annum. The sad thing is that this problem is on the rise. Obesity is a chronic disease which poses serious health risk to the health of an individual. Also, obesity is the easiest recognizable medical problem, but is very difficult to deal with. Expert Author: Julia Sullivan Are you a woman? If you are and if you are like many other women, there is a good chance that you are concerned with your appearance. When it comes to appearance, there are many women who are concerned with their weight, namely the weight that they would like to shed or need to shed. Unfortunately, many Expert Author: Julia Sullivan Are you a woman who is interested in losing weight? If you are, you are not alone. In the United States, a large number of women are concerned with health and beauty related issues, including those pertaining to weight. While it is often a lot easier said than done, it is more than possible for you to lose weight and to lose weight "naturally." If you are interested in losing weight "naturally," without the assistance of weight loss pills, you will want to continue reading on. Expert Author: Peter Hutch Obesity is the heavy accumulation of fat in your body to such a degree that it rapidly increases your risk of diseases that can damage your health and knock years off your life, such as heart disease and diabetes.
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