We all love going out for dinner, indulging ourselves in food luxuries such as 16oz steaks, chips, onion rings and don’t forget the chocolate pudding - all great food, if enjoyed now and again. In recent times more and more people have ditched the home made cooked dinner in favour of the takeaway. This has now caused the UK to have the highest percentage of obese people in Europe. With nearly 55% of the population being overweight or obese the cost to the NHS is spiralling out of control, experts predict it could £45billion by the year 2050.
Being Overweight is Killing You Slowly
May 11th, 2009Loosing the Extra Pounds
May 8th, 2009In the winter months we tend to eat far too much through boredom, Summer is nearly here so you decide to go on a diet. Just looking at the TV, magazines and internet there are thousands of different diet pills, drinks and machines to help you loose that extra weight. Which do I pick? Who do I see? What is best for me?
Weight Loss Summer Hear We Come!!
May 6th, 2009Winter hibernation is over, the sweaters are back in the cupboard time to look out the Summer clothes. With the warmer weather comes its own set of problems! BBQs late night drinks on the decking and ice cream, all these can play havoc on the diet or weight control. You have to watch what you are eating in the summer or the weight could just pile on. We looked out some of the most fattening foods you have to try and avoid on the long summer days and maintain that summer weight loss feel.
The Dangers of Binge Eating
May 5th, 2009When people mention anything to do with ‘Binge’ we automatically think of drink. In today’s society we are constantly under bombardment from advertisers to eat, eat and when we thought we have had enough - eat some more. Its no wonder that binge eating(also known as compulsive eating) is so common among men and women in there late teens and early 20s. This eating disorder often sees those affected eating in private and eating very large amounts and eating faster than normal, they will eat till completely full, they will eat even if they are not hungry.
HollyWood Models and Horse Drugs
May 1st, 2009In today’s society there is added pressure to be a certain weight and look a certain way, but to what lengths will some people go to? Diets, surgery and horse drugs! that’s right horse drugs. Clenbuterol, beta-2-adrenergic receptor agonist is a drug that is used to treat asthma in horses, this is now available on the internet, it is sold to help body-builders with weight loss and keep muscle definition.
Slendertone Muscle Toner
April 30th, 2009Losing weight is never easy, there are so many products on the market to help with slimming, well being and muscle tone but which is which? Slimming is the process of weight loss, diets, and exercise, while well being is the quality of your life. Muscle tone is the art of looking after you muscles, there are many ways that this can be done, from going to the local community centre to specialised weight training gyms. One option that many people opt for is Slendertone.
Losing Weight the Crazy Way
April 28th, 2009Losing weight is never easy, and people will try almost anything, to lose weight. Here we look at some of the more outlandish diets (we’ll, which we feel, as outlandish) that people still try … it perhaps it shows the desperation that people suffer from in trying to win the battle with the bulge.
UK Soap Stars Weight Loss Wonders
April 27th, 2009The recent pictures of US Actress, Lindsay Lohan, has shown the film star teetering above a dangerous level of weight loss for the tormented star. Many are saying that Lohan is unconsciously using her body as a public ‘cry-for-help’. Whatever, Lohan’s reasons, this type of extreme weight loss is neither healthy nor beneficial. As we know celebrities are under extra pressure to look good for the cameras. However, you just have to look at our very own UK soapstar talent to see how our own home-grown talent shines when they undergo a weight loss program.
Oohh LaLa Weight Loss
April 24th, 2009Its now official, the French women are the slimmest, in-fact in they have the highest number of clinically underweight woman in Western Europe. But only half of them can see this, what do they do so different from the rest of us. A resent survey conducted found that French women set themselves very high standards when it comes to the weight loss battle of the bulge. They exaggerate their weight, and look at themselves as fat, (thought that was the eating disorder ‘bulimia’) but who am I , they constantly stress about their weight but its not just the women in-fact the report also says that the French male is amongst the thinnest in Western Europe also.
Weight Loss - Obesity Hits New Heights
April 22nd, 2009Obesity has increased dramatic in the last 25 years in the UK, it is estimated that around 30,000 people will die this year. By 2010 more than 6.6 million men and 6 million women will be classed as obese, that’s 20% of all men and 25% of all women in the UK. This makes shocking reading. Where did it all start to go wrong?
