by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Health
The chart of calories in various foods is helpful to keep a watch on your daily calorie intake. This in turn helps to keep your weight at an optimum BMI. If you are overweight, it will help you to plan your dietary intake to help you lose weight. This can be is done... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Diseases and Conditions
Obesity is a medical condition characterized by the excessive accumulation and distribution of fat in the body. It is classified as a medical disease and has acquired epidemic proportions worldwide. Obesity is a medical diagnosis and diagnosing it is no rocket... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Fitness
Obesity rates continue to soar all over the world and its effects just do not affect the obese individual; they affect the employer and the society in terms of Medicare cost. All ages, adults, adolescents, and children, have joined the obesity epidemic. The health... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Diseases and Conditions
Obesity increases your risk of a multitude of health problems. Cancer is one of them, which can be fatal. Large cohort studies have established the link between obesity and cancer Obesity just does not increase your risk of cancer but it also increases your risk of... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Diseases and Conditions
Obesity, a worldwide epidemic, carries risks of several health conditions, which adversely affect your health and life. In women, being overweight or obese significantly reduces the chances of conception and pregnancy. In men, obesity makes the man infertile and... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Diseases and Conditions
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting millions of people worldwide. Around 300 million people suffer from asthma throughout the world. Obesity is another health condition that has gained epidemic proportion worldwide. A person is said to be obese when... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Diseases and Conditions
Obesity is excess fat in the body of a person with a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or more. It is the excess fat around the abdomen (central obesity) that is dangerous and not the subcutaneous fat around the hips and the thighs. That is why the abdominal circumference is also... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Diseases and Conditions
“Every day the fat woman dies a series of small deaths” — Bovey Shelley. Besides the adverse effects of obesity on health, obese people do suffer from mental health and social problems. These people are always conscious of their excess weight and feel like they... by Dr Sanjiv Khanse | Diseases and Conditions
Obesity is a growing public health problem in the United States, particularly in middle-aged and older adults. One-third of the American adults are obese and another one-third is overweight Moreover, this epidemic is not just restricted to the United States but is... 