Fight Childhood Obesity: The Natural Way
Is your child obese? Is obesity really affects child health? As a parent, what are the things should do in able to help them? Childhood obesity is a severe health condition that occurs particularly...
View Article10,000 steps a day
Maybe you have heard the recent guidelines about walking 10,000 steps per day. How far is 10,000 steps anyway? The average person’s stride length is approximately 2.5 feet long. That means it takes...
View ArticleMorbid Obesity Health Problems
People nowadays want to look slimmer. Everybody wants to have an ideal body weight. To many people, fashion dictates what weight they should be in. Slimmer people are thought to be sexier, have more...
View ArticleAdiponectin
Adiponectin (also referred to as GBP-28, apM1, AdipoQ and Acrp30) is a protein which in humans is encoded by the ADIPOQ gene. Structure Adiponectin molecule structure Adiponectin is a...
View ArticleGastric band Part 1
A laparoscopic adjustable gastric band, commonly referred to as a lap band, is an inflatable silicone device placed around the top portion of the stomach to treat obesity by reducing the amount of...
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Types of adjustable bands In the U.S. market, two types of adjustable gastric bands have been approved by the FDA: Realize Band and Lap-Band. The Lap-Band System obtained FDA approval in 2001. The...
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