Is Obesity a Disease?

The AMA is considering classifying obesity as a disease. What are your thoughts?

"The American Medical Association is considering whether to endorse recognizing obesity as a disease in what supporters say would spur more U.S. and private investment to what is a national epidemic.Such a move, supporters say, would result in greater investments and potentially health insurance coverage specifically for a diagnosis that someone is obese when there is a payment mechanism for evaluating and managing obesity.  The AMA’s policy-making House of Delegates is discussing “recognition of obesity as a disease” during its annual meeting this week in Chicago."

Read more on Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2013/06/16/ama-considers-classifying-obesity-as-a-disease/

Benefits of High Intensity Interval Training

When it comes to fitness, quality over quantity holds especially true!
High-intensity interval training has so many benefits you should know about, and that's why Forbes wrote about it for us.

"Fitness is tough. So when someone claims they’ve found a “scientifically proven” shortcut to bigger biceps, better endurance, and a sexier core, we’re usually right to be skeptical. Conventional workout wisdom says that if you want to dominate a marathon, you better get ready to run far and often.But methods bucking this conventional take are gaining serious mainstream traction — with the scientific evidence to support some counter-intuitive conclusions. Long, slow runs are pretty good at building endurance for long, slow runs. It’s becoming increasingly clear, though, that shorter, more intense bouts boost both short term and long-term exercise capacity, resulting in more efficient workouts that take a fraction of the time..."

Read more: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidtao/2013/04/05/how-short-and-intense-workouts-changed-fitness-for-everyone/