OVERWEIGHT

If You Are Fat, Blame Your Friends and Social Circle, Says New Study

The study showed social circles can influence a person to become obese, suggesting the risk of becoming overweight increases if one moves to an area with a high rate of obesity.

How to Avoid Neck Pain at Work: Easy Tips to Prevent Sprains and Aches

Sitting or walking with a straight back, reflect the confidence level in you. The problem starts with the way we sit at our office desk.

Vidya Balan: Even At My Thinnest, I’ve Always Felt Fat

Some things never change, like they say. Like, for instance, the unrealistic standards of beauty that Bollywood has set for its actresses.

Kids Who Have Milk Cereal Drinks During Infancy at Higher Risk of Obesity

Children are at a higher risk of being overweight if they have consumed milk cereal drinks every day during infancy, a new study has found.

Obesity On It's Own Won't Raise Your Risk of Early Death, Says Study

Researchers looked at how many people within each group died as compared to those within the normal weight population with no metabolic risk factors.

Breast Cancer Risk Can Be Reduced by Being Overweight In Middle Age

For pre-menopausal women, a higher body fat was linked to lower breast cancer risk

Milk Intake May Cut Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Obese Kids

Metabolic syndrome is defined as the presence of at least three of five conditions that increase the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and stroke--high blood pressure, high levels of blood sugar or triglycerides, excess belly fat, and low "good" cholesterol levels.

Obesity: Obese Patients Twice as Likely to Survive From Infectious Diseases, Says Study

Obesity isn't as bad as was originally thought. Turns out, it has some benefits as well.