Overweight

Four daily habits that cause the body to store more dangerous fat

Fat in the body is not a recommended thing, but there is one type of fat that is truly dangerous. What leads to its accumulation and how can it be reduced?

Four habits that increase dangerous fat
Metabolic and Dietary Profiles in Adolescents with Obesity

Children with obesity can be metabolically healthy when liver fat remains low, study shows

 Boxes with the popular weight loss injection drug, Wegovy.

What other health conditions are weight-loss drugs being used and tested for?

  5 months into the war: half of the Israelis gained up to 5 kg in weight

Using weight-loss injections? Five things you must know from the new guidelines


This simple test will check if you’re at a healthy weight

Want to know if your weight is high and endangers your health? A really simple and quick method can tell you if you need to lose weight.

Woman standing on bathroom scale measuring her weight

Who is best suited for gastric bypass surgery? Expert explains

Here’s everything you need to know about one of the most common surgeries performed today: Gastric bypass surgery.

 Buffet of food

You lose 300 calories a day sleeping, study claims

Who wouldn’t want to lose weight without a single drop of effort? New research has found an easy way to do this and it doesn’t require you to move even one bit.

 Sleeping (illustrative)

Study discovers why some obese people are protected from some diseases

A peer-reviewed study finds that specific genes may determine whether obese people are metabolically healthy.

The Health Ministry's new chart on healthy food consumption.

Stable BMI linked to improved protection from dementia progression - study

While the study does not fully contradict the obesity paradox, it does reveal that the reality is far more complicated.

 Alzheimer's disease (illustrative).

Women's orgs fight sexist ad promoting weight loss for marriage

Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz: "A bas Yisroel (daughter of Israel, or young Jewish woman) should be cherished for her neshama (soul) not be shamed for her body image."

 FAT-SHAMING is just one of the problems with the ‘Family First’ ad, which also ‘singles-shames.’

Can you lose weight from walking 10,000 steps daily?

When was the daily goal of 10,000 steps created and why? Is this a reliable weight loss strategy? It's time to know the truth.

 A man walks a dog along the Hudson River after a winter storm dropped several inches of new snow to the Northeast United States, in Piermont, New York, US, January 7, 2022.

Julius Baer Group: Healthy living and healthy investments

Julius Baer is the leading Swiss wealth management group and a premium brand in this global sector, with a focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients.

 The pandemic has influenced large segments of the population to exercise

Hadassah discovers mechanism contributing to cancer in overweight women

Earlier studies have found that several types of cancer are directly affected by obesity, including breast cancer, which is dependent on the hormone estrogen in postmenopausal women.

 Dividing cancer cell

There are five wonder plants that help you lose weight

"Anyone who has tried to lose weight knows that in order to achieve their goals, one needs to change their habits."

 Green tea