Pages tagged: overweight

WomenHeart Champion and THI Women’s Center Ambassador Tannie Coward shared her heart story with the Insider last week. Tannie empowers women with heart...

Maybe you are one of the many Americans who are trying to lose weight and get healthy in 2021. With...

One measure for obesity is determined by body mass index (BMI), which is a formula of kilograms divided by height...

Obesity is a major risk factor for heart disease. This is alarming when you consider that 1 out of every...

Cardiovascular disease can take many forms: high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, stroke, or arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat)....

Metabolic syndrome has become increasingly common in the United States. Also called “pre-diabetes,” this is a serious health condition that...

I’ve gotten on my Summer Soap box and written a three-part series on weight loss, obesity and healthy lifestyle modification...

My last Straight Talk, “Obesity: Facts about Fat, “Obesity: Facts about Fat,” ended with the following statements: “If you have...

A report released May 28 by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle...

Being with friends and family – most often around big meals and rich treats – is one of the things...