Obesity Facts and Information

On-off fasting helps obese adults shed pounds

Fasting every other day can help obese people lose weight, a small study hints. Even though the study participants ate whatever they wanted on their non-fasting days, they lost an average of 5.6 kilograms (about 12 pounds) after eight weeks, Dr. Krista A. Varady of the University of Illinois at Chicago and her colleagues found. What’s more, [...]

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Obese Get Higher Doses of Radiation for X-Rays

TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) — People who are overweight and obese are usually given higher-than-normal doses of radiation in order to obtain usable X-ray images, even though the long-term effects are unknown, new research contends. “You need to get a certain amount of X-rays to go through the body in order to get an informative [...]

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