As the Americans pile their tables with more calorie-loaded meals offered by fast-food restaurants and supermarkets, scientists continue looking for genes that can hold key to wrong food choices, weight gain, and obesity-related diseases.

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Obesity is quickly becoming a global phenomenon. While many world regions are still plagued with starvation, others indulge in overeating and suffer from a host of obesity-related diseases. According to the 2007 Report of the World Health Organization, there are more than 1.6 billion obese and overweight individuals worldwide, which in fact doubles the amount of people who are suffering from famine, malnutrition, and starvation!

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Whenever you are on a diet to lose weight or improve your overall health, make sure you are getting enough protein. You need a certain amount of this body-building substance in order to maintain lean body mass, burn fat more successfully, and improve the tonus of your muscles. Although there is a huge disagreement among experts on how much protein is “enough”, ranging from the militant vegetarian point of view claiming Read full “Protein Requirements for Successful Dieting”

Visual appearance and body weight can often be deceptive when we are trying to compare ourselves with other people. We all come in different sizes and shapes, most of which are genetically determined. Although it is possible to change the body to a certain extend by losing fat or building muscles, you cannot do a complete makeover. As a result, many self-conscious people feel inadequate because of repeated failures at transforming themselves into the shape they are just not meant to be. Read full “How Much Should We Weigh?”