Obesity Articles

• Cholesterol
  Triglycerides
  Heart Disease
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   

  Hypercholesterolemia

  Hypercholesterolemia (literally: high blood cholesterol) is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the ... > more
• Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Fitness
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Weight Watchers

  Weight Watchers NYSE: WTW, founded in the 1960s by E.J. Faasen, is a company offering various dieting products and services to assist weight loss and maintenance. It started as a discussion group for ... > more
• Thyroid Disease
  Hormone Disorders
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   

  Hypothyroidism

  Hypothyroidism is the disease state caused by insufficient production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland. There are several distinct causes for chronic hypothyroidism, the most common being ... > more
• Cosmetics
  Cosmetic Surgery
  Obesity
  Skin Care
  Healthy Aging
  Psoriasis
   
  

  Cellulite

  Cellulite describes dimpling of skin, caused by the protrusion of subcutaneous fat into the dermis creating an undulating dermal-subcutaneous fat junction adipose ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
  Obesity
  Sports Medicine
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Diseases and Conditions
   
  

  Birth weight

  Birth weight is the weight of a baby at its birth. It has direct links with the gestational age at which the child was born and can be estimated during the pregnancy by measuring fundal ... > more
• Breast Cancer
  Women's Health
  Breastfeeding
  Cosmetic Surgery
  Cosmetics
  Obesity
   
  

  Breast reconstruction

  Breast reconstruction is the rebuilding of a breast, usually in women. It involves using autologous tissue or prosthetic material to construct a natural-looking ... > more
• Fitness
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Nutrition
   

  Basal metabolic rate

  Basal metabolic rate (BMR), is the rate of metabolism that occurs when an individual is at rest in a warm environment and is in the post absorptive state, and has not eaten for at least 12 hours. The ... > more
• Triglycerides
  Cholesterol
  Nutrition
  Obesity
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Fitness
   
  

  Unsaturated fat

  An unsaturated fat is a fat or fatty acid in which there is one or more double bond in the fatty acid chain. A fat molecule is monounsaturated if it contains one double bond, and polyunsaturated if ... > more
• Hypertension
  Heart Disease
  Stroke Prevention
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Blood Clots
   

  Hypertension

  Hypertension or high blood pressure is a medical condition wherein the blood pressure is chronically elevated. While it is formally called arterial hypertension, the word "hypertension" without a ... > more
• Food and Agriculture
  Agriculture and Food
  Food
  Nutrition
  Healthy Aging
  Seeds
   
  

  Cereal

  Cereal crops are mostly grasses cultivated for their edible seeds (actually a fruit called a caryopsis). Cereal grains are grown in greater quantities worldwide than any other type of crop and ... > more

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