Obesity Rate in U.S. Still Climbing

Obesity Rate in U.S. Still Climbing August 27, 2007 08:40:40 PM PST By Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) — More and more Americans are sliding into obesity, a clear signal that this national health problem is getting worse. According to the fourth annual report prepared by the research group Trust for … Read more

Ideal Waist to Hip Ratio

Taken from The Abs Diet by David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Men’s Heatlh Magazine. Waist-to-hip ratio Researchers have begun using waist size and its relationship to hip size as more definitive way to determine your health risk. This is considered more important than BMI because of that visceral fat I talk about earlier—the fat that pushes … Read more