Understand the Science of Obesity And You're On Your Way To Conquer It Many people think obesity means that a person is overweight, but that's not exactly true. An overweight person has a surplus amount of weight that includes muscle, bone, fat and water. An obese person has a surplus of body fat. Body Mass Index (BMI) is commonly used to determine if a person is obese or not. A person with a BMI over 30 is considered to be obese, and a BMI over 40 is considered to be severely obese. Factors such as poor diet, lack of physical activity, genetics and certain medical disorders cause obesity, but it can be conquered. Eating Disorder Obesity itse ... Author: Wan Ibrahim Yusoff CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Additional Navigation: Genetics: 1 2 3 4 5 Engineering Diseases Genetic Testing DNA Testing 1 Genomes Gene Therapy 1 RNA 1 Chromosomes Cloning 1 2 3 Misc Stem Cells 1 2

Today's Featured Articles: Growing Veal Without Animal Abuse Let us discuss an interesting new innovation in the process of feeding the World. Researchers have found a way to grow flesh without the Chicken. Very good. Why is this good? Bird Flu Virus for one. Let us look at the problems of growing a whole chicken simply to make the ‘Chicken Mc Nuggets’. That produces a lot of waste for instance high in protein chicken feathers. In South Carolina Chicken feathers, carcasses and waste has polluted the water and caused flesh-eating bacteria to eat through fish and leave a hole the circumference of a quarter. Killing the fish. Of course this same f ... Author: Lance Winslow CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE The Technology of Law One can discern the following relationships between the Law and Technology: 1. Sometimes technology becomes an inseparable part of the law. In extreme cases, technology itself becomes the law. The use of polygraphs, faxes, telephones, video, audio and computers is an integral part of many laws - etched into them. It is not an artificial co-habitation: the technology is precisely defined in the law and forms a CONDITION within it. In other words: the very spirit and letter of the law is violated (the law is broken) if a certain technology is not employed or not put to correct use. Think ... Author: Sam Vaknin CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THIS ARTICLE Want to read more of our articles?  Check out the Archive. Article Archive: Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13