Older adults sleeping 5 or less hours per night have much greater odds of being obese compared to those sleeping 7-8 hours per night. Men lacking sleep are almost 4 times as likely to be obese, women twice as likely. Reduced sleep also predicts obesity in both children and young adults.
Abdominal obesity increases [...]
Having a high WBC count increases your chance of abdominal obesity. Waist circumference, total body fat, and subcutaneous fat are all significantly higher in those with higher WBC’s.
WBC count is positively associated with BMI, waist circumference, total body fat and subcutaneous fat. Neutrophils, one of the WBC components, are more strongly associated with increased BMI, [...]
If you are trying to lose weight, eating eggs for breakfast, instead of bagels, will improve your results. Overall egg eaters experienced a 61% greater reduction in BMI, 65% greater weight loss, 34% greater reduction in waist circumference and 16% greater reduction in percent body fat over bagel eaters.
No difference was found between the groups [...]
Sodium alginate, a fiber extracted from seaweed that forms a gel-like goo when ingested, appears to be an effective appetite suppressant. Subjects ingesting the seaweed fiber consumed about 135 calories, or about 7% less, than the control group.
Significant reductions were noted for carbohydrate, sugar, fat, saturated fat and protein intakes. No negative effects [...]
Fruit and vegetable intake is associated with lower BMI and body fat percentage. But only 21.3% of female high school students and 24.7% of male high school students eat 5 or more servings of fruits and vegetables per day. Students eating 5 or more servings daily had higher activity levels than students eating less than [...]
