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LONDON – People who eat hastily till feel full, have more chances to be overweight, a problem added by the penetration of fast food, Japanese researchers said.
Eating styles, alone, can contribute to an obesity epidemic fueled by the spread of Western-style, spreading all over the world. The findings, published in the British Medical Journal.
According to the WHO, around 400 million people are obese, among them 20 million are under the age of five. The condition raises the risk of diseases, like type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular problems.
For study purpose, Hiroyasu Iso at Osaka University asked 3,000 Japanese volunteers aged 30 – 69 about their eating habit. Half of the men and almost half of the women said they ate until full. About 45 percent men and 36 percent women ate quickly.
WHO study finds consequences resound long after the incidents
World Health Organization study, that comprises 25,000 women in 11 countries, suggests that male partner’s violent attitude be the cause of several physical and mental health problems in women.
The women, aged 15 to 49, came from Bangladesh, Brazil, Ethiopia, Japan, Namibia, Peru, Samoa, Serbia and Montenegro, Thailand, and the United Republic of Tanzania. The study found that having ever experienced physical or sexual partner violence was associated with poor health overall, and with specific health problems in the four weeks prior to being interviewed: pain, memory loss, dizziness, vaginal discharge and difficulty walking or doing daily activities.
Women aged 15 to 49, from different countries of Asia, Africa and South-America, have been studied under that research. The study suggests women who have ever experienced physical or sexual partner violence is the victim of poor health in general and pain, memory loss, giddiness, leucorrhea, mental and physical tiredness in specific.
Further, the women who have become the victim of their partner’s violence at least once in their lives are more apt to personality disorder and suicidal attempts than the women who were never tortured by their male partners.
