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. [...]

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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 [...]

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