Robin Moran An Unlikely Star

 

Who would ever have known that one of the most popular people on earth must be Robin Moran. Robin was one of the beautiful people chronicled in the show “Super Obese” that first aired in May of 2005. Here at Terminal our most popular post has to be Andover Village: A Story of Severe Morbid [...]

Overweight and Obesity Related Cost to the US Economy

As the prevalence of overweight and obesity has increased in the United States, so have related health care costs-both direct and indirect. Direct health care costs refer to preventive, diagnostic, and treatment services such as physician visits, medications, and hospital and nursing home care. Indirect costs are the value of wages lost by people unable [...]

Are You Fat? Blame it on the Microwave!

A Friday, April 18, 2008 article by: David Gutierrez that ran in Natural News, suggested a correlation between obesity and the microwave oven. In this article they discussed how the rate of obesity increased as quicker meals could be prepared in the home. I found this one of many interesting articles on obestity that you [...]

Obesity and Diabetes: A Dangerous Trend with Terminal Results

By Alexandra White,
of Isis Research
While the western world reads of the desperate problems facing those in developing parts of the world, with drought causing widespread malnutrition, we are seeing one of the most visible, yet most neglected public health problems rise to epidemic proportions on our own doorstep. Obesity. Around 20-25% of the population in [...]

Morbid Obesity and Terminal Obesity Insulting

While surfing Google the title “I hate the word obese” caught my attention. With a click of the mouse I was at a diet forum. It seems as if some of the members find the term “morbidly obese,” degrading and insulting and for a couple of the members it gave them the feeling of hopelessness. [...]

Using Positive Affirmations to Fight Obesity

Each day we must continue to remind ourselves that this is our body and not that of the Obesity Demon.
While it may not be easy, each of us has the ability to recapture our body and by doing so we not only fight obesity we improve the odds of living a long and healthy life.
One [...]

Terry – “My Long Winded Obesity Story”

I have spent my life as a fat person. While not always morbidly obese, most of my childhood and adult life has been spent thinking that way. I started out as a cute little bundle of fat, seven pounds at birth, which is a normal-weight. As I matured though I quickly became an overweight child. [...]