If this season’s cold temperatures have you feeling like you’re freezing your butt off, the silver lining to this extreme weather might be that you are actually freezing your butt off. The old idea was that our bodies store fat during winter, but new research shows that all this shivering in the cold… Continue Reading
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Obesity: Causes & Solutions for a Weighty Issue
By 2030, 42% of Americans will be obese and 11% will be severely obese, a new study published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine forecasts. If these trends prove accurate, this will further hinder efforts to contain healthcare costs. The study was conducted in 2009-2010 and used data collected for the 1990-2008 Behavioral Risk… Continue Reading