There has been much talk over the past six months about the latest weight loss tablet to hit the market : Alli! This is the first, over the counter tablet to contain Orlistat (a prescription only obesity drug). To obtain this tablet your doctor will have to weigh you first and if you have a BMI of over 28 then you can purchase this weight loss aid from your pharmacist.
GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturers, claim that taking Orlistat in small quantities will help you lose as much as 50% more weight than you would just dieting. How does this super drug work? Is there any side affects?
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When we put on weight our bodies go through certain changes, our heart has to work harder to pump the blood round our body. Kidneys and liver are both put under pressure to cope with all the extra food we consume and our joints take more strain with every step we take.
If we continue to eat we will become obese, obesity is measured by your Body Mass Index (BMI) which
measures the amount of excess fat that is stored in your body. People become obese with lack of exercise and when the amount of calories taken in is far more than your body requires. Being obese and overweight, in the most extreme cases can cause death, below are the most common health problems brought about by being overweight and obese.
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For anyone that has smoked and tried to give up you’ll understand just how hard it is, for some it will probably be the single hardest thing you might attempt in your adult life. Many people when giving up the habit tend to substitute cigarettes with food – this is when the problems start.
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55 million people are on a diet or doing some type of weight loss program at any one time in America and Britain, most will fail after the first week, this is a sad fact. Many people set their goals too high and simply give up, if you are going to diet pick one that is suited to your body needs, this is the first step in a successful diet.
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Traditionally over the next few months thousands of men and women will be walking down the isle and pledging their undying love for each other. This will mark the end of a long, hard journey with many arguments and fall outs along the way. As the big day draws ever nearer your mind starts to wonder as you lay at night thinking, what if the band does not turn up, what’s the meal going to be like, will people turn up and will your partner turn up?
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In a recent study children’s waist sizes and obesity are being linked to sleeping disorders, this can include simple things like snoring to more serious conditions like obstructive sleep apnea syndrome, which can lead to your child having behaviour problems including, day time sleeping, attention seeking, being aggressive and hyperactivity, all of these can have an effect your child’s schooling.
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Many people that are overweight or obese may suffer from any number of underlying problems, one of these may be depression, this may be caused when we are feeling low, sad or gloomy. It is reckoned that between 5 and 15% of the population will suffer at some point in their life from some type of depression. When we feel low or sad we usually look for a comfort substance, in many cases this is food.
Australian tax payers are in an uproar after it was revealed that 32,000 Australian dollars was spent in a 6 months period as 100 employees of the Department of Defence were placed on a weight loss program. Another 30,000 dollars was spent on other civil servant departments as they were deemed ‘to fat to work’. The information which was published online as a requirement of the Australian Federal Government is said to be misleading as it was listed under the category of Education and Training.
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In a recent study taken by 5,500 UK school children has indicated that kids who eat fastfood takeaways such as burger and chips at least 3 times a week achieve lower scores in school tests. The survey claims that no matter the race, weight and parental income the findings are the same, fast food takeaway’s dumb down the kids’ learning abilities.
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We are always trying to lose weight, we never give a thought to the people who too thin, some of our celebrities are put under so much pressure to look thin and healthy (oxymoron, eat your heart out) that often take it too far. With all their lashings of money and personal fitness Gurus why are we the only ones who can see it. I have had a look and found some pics that the celebs would rather forget. What were they thinking, or were they thinking, more to the point.
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