World Obesity Day 2025 has come and gone on 4 March and coincides with the publication of the World Obesity Atlas 2025, which indicates the status of global and regional prevalence of overweight and obesity. Global trends in overweight and obesity: According to present trends, overweight and obesity will affect
It is hard to resist the instant gratification of a sweet tooth when all kinds of sweet temptations are readily available. Unfortunately, too much of a good (sweet) thing can be bad for the body’s chemistry. Harvard Medical School talks about “the sweet danger of sugar” when referring to the
Overweight or obese and wanting to lose weight? Which diet would be best to follow – a low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet? If you have a genetic predisposition to do better on one of these diets, what difference would it make? What role does your level of insulin secretion play in your
Within our bodies lurks a silent, active and extremely dangerous assassin called Inner fat. It goes under a number of aliases – Abdominal fat, or Active fat, or Visceral fat, as it is known in medical circles. Visceral fat is quite bulky and hides out of reach, deep inside the
When trying to lose weight, there are more diets out there than one can follow in a lifetime! Sometimes it is not only what you eat, but how much you eat that affects your weight. Eating too fast can easily lead to overeating. A very simple eating practice originated in
You all know by now that Health Insight does NOT believe in magic bullets and diet fads. Keep it simple and keep it healthy. 1. Keep a daily food diary – open and transparent to all 2. Discover what works for you ….. we are all different! (Geneva – your
