Fitness

Fitness

Related to the practice of regular exercise to maintain good physical condition and health.

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gallbladder

Fitness; Weight loss

A pear-shaped organ just below the liver that stores the bile secreted by the liver. During a fatty meal, the gallbladder contracts, delivering the bile through the bile ducts ...

gastric bypass

Fitness; Weight loss

A type of obesity surgery that reduces the amount of food that can be eaten and absorbed by the body. Gastric bypass involves sealing off a portion of the stomach and bypassing ...

gastric banding

Fitness; Weight loss

In this procedure, a band made of special material is placed around the stomach near its upper end, creating a small pouch and a narrow passage into the larger remainder of the ...

gastric

Fitness; Weight loss

Having to do with the stomach, as in gastric bypass surgery.

garlic

Fitness; Weight loss

A perennial herb of the lily family cultivated for its pungent, edible bulbs. Garlic has been used with the intention of lowering blood pressure and cholesterol.

gallstones

Fitness; Weight loss

Stones that form when substances in the bile harden. Gallstones can be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a golf ball. There can be just one large stone, hundreds of tiny ...

fortified food

Fitness; Weight loss

A food to which a nutrient or nutrients has been added to promote health and prevent disease. The nutrients added to fortified foods are not present in the original food or were ...