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Forget dieting over the holidays
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Changing your focus from dieting to living healthy during the holidays boosts the chances of maintaining your perfect weight.
Large changes needed to address global obesity epidemic
Feb 17, 2008 |
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According to Rena Wing, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and director of the Weight Control & Diabetes Research Center at The Miriam Hospital, people who are ...
Weight matters: 'Normal' sized girls are judged to be more attractive by young men
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have found that despite the size zero trend, boys really do prefer 'normal' girls of an average weight and build.
Personality traits influencing weight loss
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Sep 25, 2009 |
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Being too optimistic could harm weight loss efforts. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, BioPsychoSocial Medicine, reveals the psychological characteristics that may contribute to weight loss.
Small changes can lead to big rewards, says ASN president
Jan 13, 2009 |
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Small changes can lead to big rewards, such as maintaining a healthy weight, American Society for Nutrition (ASN) President James O. Hill, PhD, describes in a recent report. The article, to be published in the February issue ...
A healthy lifestyle halves the risk of premature death in women
Sep 17, 2008 |
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Over half of deaths in women from chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease could be avoided if they never smoke, keep their weight in check, take exercise and eat a healthy diet low in red meat and trans-fats, according ...
Exercise goals: Mid-life women should work out to improve well-being, not only to lose weight
Jul 15, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mid-life working women are more committed and more likely to plan exercise into their daily lives if they know it will make them feel better immediately, a new study from the University of Michigan shows.
Healthy lifestyle habits may be associated with reduced risk of chronic disease
Aug 10, 2009 |
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never smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly and following a healthy diet—together appear to be associated with as much as an 80 percent reduction in the risk of developing the most common and deadly ...
Obesity in middle aged women cuts chance of a long, healthy life by 80 percent
Sep 30, 2009 |
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A new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) researchers has found that, among a large study population of women who lived until at least age 70, being overweight in mid-life ...
Milkshakes are medicine for anorexic teens in family-based outpatient therapy
Apr 02, 2009 |
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Getting your teenager to drink a chocolate milkshake isn't something most parents need to worry about. But this is just the approach used in one treatment for anorexia nervosa. Known as Behavioral Family Therapy, or the Maudsley ...
Go green for healthy teeth and gums
Mar 05, 2009 |
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With origins dating back over 4,000 years, green tea has long been a popular beverage in Asian culture, and is increasingly gaining popularity in the United States. And while ancient Chinese and Japanese medicine believed ...
New pyramid puts oil, exercise, poultry in their place
May 20, 2008 |
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The Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has relaunched its Web site, The Nutrition Source (http://www.thenutritionsource.org/).
Normal weight obesity: An emerging risk factor for heart and metabolic problems
Mar 27, 2008 |
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More than half of American adults considered to have normal body weight in America have high body fat percentages -- greater than 20 percent for men and 30 percent for women -- as well as heart and metabolic disturbances, ...
Heavy drinkers exercise to burn off alcohol: British study
Nov 26, 2009 |
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More than a quarter of drinkers in England who exercise regularly do so in an attempt to make up for bingeing on alcohol, according to a survey published Thursday.
Heart-healthy, low-cal diets promote weight loss regardless of fat, protein and carb content
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Heart-healthy diets that reduce calorie intake—regardless of differing proportions of fat, protein, or carbohydrate—can help overweight and obese adults achieve and maintain weight loss, according to a study funded by the ...
