A few weeks ago, a chubby 14-year-old teenager was referred to our clinic due to a mildly elevated blood pressure. We did some blood tests and the liver enzymes were found to be elevated. He has no history of any liver problem like hepatitis in the past; he swore he has never tasted any alcohol preparation, and I believed him. We did an ultrasound to check on the liver and it showed an extensive fatty liver.
You have been morbidly obese—50 to 100 percent if not 45 kilos above your ideal body weight—for the last several years and in fact, have been advised by your doctor to lose weight to avoid imminent health problems.
It may be hard to believe that in a developing country like ours—while so many can hardly put food on the table for a decent three meals a day—many are also overweight and obese. Based on figures coming from the National Statistical Coordination Board and the Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Philippines, 1 out of 4 Filipino adults is overweight with 5 out of 100 considered as obese already. Overweight and obesity are also an increasing problem among our children.
How many times have you dieted and have just given up? Many people tend to think that all obese people have to do to solve their problems is eat less and move more. But one expert believes that the reason is much deeper—it’s almost an addiction much like alcoholism and drug abuse.
Giving babies antibiotics before the age of six months could cause them to be chubby children, according to a study published Tuesday.
Resident New Yorkers proudly attest that there is truly only one city that never sleeps—and that’s the Big Apple. Now they are sleepless over a proposal to ban the sale of large sodas which their mayor calls “sugary drinks.”
During last year’s 6th Asia-Oceania Conference on Obesity held in Manila, it was acknowledged that the region is now facing an epidemic of obesity.
France’s top constitutional body on Wednesday approved a new tax on sugary drinks that aims to fight obesity while giving a boost to state coffers.
Overweight and obese individuals have another serious health problem to deal with, aside from having aching joints, high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure and high blood sugar: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD.
Television program “The Biggest Loser Pinoy Edition” is an interesting eye-opener. Aside from generating a spark of inspiration for overweight and obese viewers, this weight loss reality show hints that, as a number of the contestants related, fad diets are not what they are advertised to be. “In the beginning, the strict rules that a [...]
LIFE AT 240 lb proved to be difficult for Dr. Angela Rodriguez-Bandola. Even the simplest of tasks, such as finding clothes that would fit her, would already seem such a huge challenge for her. Bandola, who has already tried all sorts of diets and weight-loss options, knew firsthand how painstakingly difficult it was to shed [...]
LOSING THOSE extra pounds isn’t just about vanity anymore. Obesity brings with it such chronic ailments as hypertension, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases. Considered as the second leading cause of preventable deaths, obesity actually contributes to at least 300,000 deaths around the world each year, according to data provided by Roche Philippines. And it should [...]
