Generally, metabolism is not well understood. The short explanation is that metabolism is what every living organism uses to process food intake and convert it into fuel and energy for the body to use as required. With today's alarming increase in both adult and childhood obesity, we need to acknowledge and pay attention to the fact that it is the metabolic process which influences and determines how our bodies lose or gain weight.
A variety of factors, such as age, diet, physical activity and genes dictate your metabolic rate. For this reason, metabolism will vary from person to person. While one person loses weight easily, another will find it difficult. Education is the key to making the most out of the hand you've been dealt.
We hear a lot about how to increase metabolism. A faster metabolism means your body will convert food into energy faster. When we say there are certain foods that boost metabolism, we suppose it means that they will help our bodies naturally produce energy faster. The good news is that there are certain steps we can take toward raising metabolism in our quest to manage our weight and well being.
Here you'll find a series of articles to help inform you and provide ideas and guidance about how metabolism functions throughout our bodies and ways in which to make life changes in order to help metabolism work to your advantage. A selection of pertinent articles is posted below.
Tips In Raising Metabolism Metabolism is an important process that involves the conversion of food into fuel or energy, which your body uses for body functions or repairs.
How To Treat Low Metabolism Parents and adults often wonder how it is that children and teenagers can often eat large amounts of food, yet still remain thin.
Reuters - Obesity is a well known risk
factor for certain physical health problems, but a new study
suggests that heavy adults also have higher rates of
psychiatric disorders.
France reports leveling childhood obesity rates
(Reuters)
Reuters - France is the first EU country to report
a leveling off of childhood obesity rates, suggesting that
healthier diet programs and a ban on vending machines in
schools is paying off, researchers said on Thursday.
AFP - Childhood obesity may be levelling in France in contrast to the general trend in Europe where more youngsters are growing fat, according to two new studies presented Thursday.
AFP - Early exposure to chemicals used in the making of products such as baby bottles or plastic food wraps may lead to obesity, according to new research presented Wednesday.
Unilever says new milkshake helps control appetite
(Reuters)
Reuters - A new weight loss drink that tastes like
a milkshake significantly reduces appetite and could soon join
Unilever's $400 million Slim-Fast weight-loss brand, the
company's researchers said on Wednesday.
Reuters - Exposure in the womb to common chemicals
used to make everything from plastic bottles to pizza box
liners may program a person to become obese later in life, U.S.
researchers said on Wednesday.
Reuters - Tackling the global obesity epidemic
will require governments to take similar action to that many
used to curb smoking, a top researcher said on Wednesday.
Reuters - New research shows "alarming
levels" of obesity in most ethnic groups in the United States,
principal investigator Dr. Gregory L. Burke, of Wake Forest
University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina told Reuters Health.
The study also confirms the potentially deadly toll obesity
exacts on the heart and blood vessels.
