Study finds other factors (besides overeating and getting too little exercise) that could contribute to America's high obesity rates.
Sleep deprivation boosts hunger
Pollution and chemicals can disrupt hormones
Widespread heating and airconditioning use, which prevents the maximum burning of calories
Use of some medications shown to increase weight
An aging population prone to obesity
Decreased smoking rates
Older women bearing children increases the risk of overweight offspring
Our ancestry
Higher fertility among slightly overweight women
Opposites don't attract when it comes to mating—individuals tend to reproduce with people of a similar body type.
Source: Dr. David Allison; International Journal of Obesity
INCREASE CALCIUM, Decrease Weight
According to a recent study printed in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, "Increasing total calcium intake, in the form of calcium supplementation, may be beneficial to weight maintenance, especially in women during midlife."
