New study suggests anonymous cyber-nurses are more trustworthy than real overweight ones According to the results of the study, most people have difficulties taking into account healthy living advice if the medical personnel they are asking guidance from is a fat person. The lack of credibility has been underlined when they chose the recommendations of […]
According to a World Health Organization report, in many European countries, one in three adolescents is overweight The results of the report were presented during the European Congress on Obesity in Portugal. The issue is considered to be a “critical public-health concern”, as the highest rates prevail in southern European and Mediterranean countries, from the […]
Metabolic transitions and balance are key factors towards achieving healthy weight loss It is often frustrating after going through some hassling diet to find out that the yo-yo effect kicks in and, even if you have lost some pounds, you start gaining weight yet again after the diet is completed. What causes this? The general […]