Does fatphobia exist?

Many activists fighting fatphobia on the Internet claim that obesity is not a disease. They say that obesity is a risk factor.   Obesity is indeed a risk factor for developing many diseases and health problems (high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, 13 types of cancer, etc., etc., etc.).   But, is it … Read more

Metabolism: The keys of what happens inside our body.

Now that the good weather is getting closer some of you might be thinking of starting a diet, and advertisements of weight loss supplements are all over the place. So, one of the words you may hear more often during the following months is  “metabolism”. But, what does metabolism really mean?   Metabolism is everything … Read more