The number of people being killed by obesity-related illnesses has increased in England during the last decade.

Latest figures based on the analysis of death certificates by a team at the University of Oxford, and published in the European Journal of Public Health, revealed an annual rise in fat-linked deaths between 2000 and 2006.

Make the change to your lifestyle by simply following 5 SIMPLE tips to lead a positive, healthy lifestyle and you’ll enjoy the rest of the year with a glow of health.

Fresh research has revealed that the majority of people are ignorant when it comes to the health risks posed by having additional fat around the waistline.

Almost as many as 9 in 10 people are unaware that having fat around the waist is a symptom of a build-up of so-called “visceral fat” which forms around your internal organs and is linked to type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

Many of us have experienced snoring at some time in our lives, whether you snore personally or someone close to you does. It’s easy to dismiss snoring as a laughable occurrence but when you consider the loss of sleep and the far more serious associated risks like an increased likelihood of heart disease and strokes, it’s clear we need to do something about our or our partner’s snoring – for our sanity, health and well-being.

Overweight or obese women have slimmer chances of successful In vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment and an increased risk of premature birth and stillbirth. The research indicated that the most obese mothers had 35% less chances of falling pregnant and twice as likely to give birth to a premature baby.

Many chant the same phrase year after year: “I’m going to join a gym and eat healthy”. These are the famous New Year’s resolutions that traditionally topped the list of New Year’s resolutions, but 2009 saw sorting debt top the pile. And around 60% have quit by Valentine’s Day.
With the approaching Christmas and New Year [...]

You've blamed your metabolism for your weight your whole life, right? Well, as you get older, your metabolism really does make it difficult to burn calories as efficiently as you did when you were younger.
Metabolism is the amount of calories you burn at rest, or the amount of energy your body uses to [...]

Population studies investigating hair loss in women have pointed towards low iron levels in some women to be the cause of hair loss. There are surely other factors which influence hair loss such as age or hormonal changes.
A recent large study of 5110 women supports earlier findings that women before their menopause who [...]

The ability of the brain for processes which in include perception, thinking, memory, learning and attention are understood as cognition (Bhatnagar and Taneja, 2001). Nutritional research today suggests diet and specific nutrients may play a role in the development of the brain during pregnancy (Williamson, 2006) and in infancy (Bellisle, 2004) and also may [...]

(A review of: How the Ideology of Low Fat Conquered America by Ann F. La Berge) 
Recently I discovered a great article by the medical historian Ann F. La Berge summing up the development of the low fat ideology throughout the 20th Century and although the dispute is still ongoing I like to share [...]