Thursday, October 23, 2008

Slow Down or You Will Get Fat

What you eat.

How much you eat.

Now, how fast you eat is important.

Speedy Eaters Seen Likelier to Get Fat

October 22, 2008 - Reuters

People who eat quickly until full are three times more likely to be overweight, a problem exacerbated by the availability of fast food and the decline of orderly dining habits, Japanese researchers said on Wednesday.

The findings, published in the British Medical Journal, highlight how eating styles, and not just what or how much is eaten, can contribute to an obesity epidemic fueled by the spread of Western-style affluence in many parts of the world.

The World Health Organization classifies around 400 million people as obese, 20 million of them under the age of five. The condition raises the risk of diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart problems.

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