English: Relative risk of mortality by BMI in White US men who never smoked. Berrington de Gonzalez A, Hartge P, Cerhan JR, et al. (December 2010). “Body-mass index and mortality among 1.46 million white adults”. N. Engl. J. Med. 363 (23) : 2211–9. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa1000367. PMID 21121834. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you have Medicare, and you are either overweight or obese,…

What scientists call “Overweight” changes with our knowledge of human health (Photo credit: Wikipedia) If you are a bit overweigtht or obese, you probably know that losing weight is never easy. While most people over simplify this and say “eat less, and exercise more”, you know that it is not as simple as that and if it is – 70…

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