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.
Kids With Type 1 Diabetes Often Overweight
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Children with type 1
diabetes are more likely to be overweight than those without the disease,
increasing their risk of serious health complications, researchers
say.
Obesity Rates Continue to Climb in U.S.
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- The rates of adult obesity
in the United States increased in 23 states during the past year and did
not decrease in any state.
AP - Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
American adults getting fatter
(Reuters)
Reuters - Obesity rates continued to climb in the past year with 23 U.S. states reporting adults in their states are fatter now than they were a year ago, two advocacy groups said on Wednesday.
Obese Get Higher Doses of Radiation for X-Rays
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- People who are overweight
and obese are usually given higher-than-normal doses of radiation in order
to obtain usable X-ray images, even though the long-term effects are
unknown, new research contends.
AP - Yes, he's obsessed with grooming, and he occasionally barks at you, but in most ways Isaac is not your typical fitness instructor. He weighs in at 350, eats 16 pounds of food at a time and he's only 9 years old. And he's a seal.
Obese Poor Shut Out From Weight-Loss Surgeries
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 25 (HealthDay News) -- Despite having one of the
highest rates of obesity in America, the poor are less likely to undergo
weight loss surgery than obese people who are better off financially, new
research shows.
AFP - Weight-loss surgery that curbs food intake by stitching up parts of the stomach or small intestine reduces the risk of cancer in obese women by more than 40 percent, according to a study released Thursday.
