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Underweight or Slightly Overweight: Which is Worse?
Crime TV is Making You Fat...
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We also LOVE to eat! And now new research claims watching all this death and destruction may actually cause us to consume MORE than we already do.
» moreObese Have Heart Attacks 12 Years Earlier?
A study of more than 111,000 people has shown that overweight people have heart attacks on average 12 years earlier than "normal weight" individuals. This makes obesity worse for the heart than smoking, according to this study. Let's pick through the data, the findings and the controversies surrounding the topic of weight and health.
Eating Disorders: Helping Friends or Yourself
It's not always clear where the line is between a healthy weight-loss diet and an eating disorder. It's important to be aware of the facts about eating disorders, both to help those around you who might be ill (without you necessarily realising) - and to make sure that you set up healthy, not dangerous, habits in your own eating.
But there's a lot of confusion about eating disorders - people are often unsure what they are, and can even label illnesses such as anorexia nervosa as "faddy eating" or "attention seeking". Here's the facts, and how to get help if you or a friend is suffering.
» moreFight Obesity: Exercise like the Amish
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Researchers recently discovered that the very physically active Amish were NOT affected by obesity genes; that some claim leave people genetically prone to obesity.
Overcoming Toxic Hunger: A Major Cause of Obesity
This is a guest post from Dr Joel Fuhrman MD.
Most people never experience the healthy sensation of feeling hungry. Most of us keep eating to avoid hunger! But actually, feeling hungry is healthy. It directs your body to consume the amount of calories it requires for optimal health and ideal bodyweight.
Hunger, in the true sense of the word, indicates to us that it is time to eat again.
Instead of TRUE hunger, people experience TOXIC hunger--detoxification or withdrawal symptoms that they mistakenly consider hunger.
» more99.2% of Brits Do Not Eat a Healthy Diet
I suppose we could look on the bright side here; well over 400,000 Brits eat exceptionally well!
These rather unflattering findings are the result of a wide-ranging investigation for the Food Standards Agency's National Diet and Nutrition Survey. The results are based on 5 dietary targets set out by the World Health Organization. Let's look at what criteria they tracked and try and make some sense of it.
» moreHow To: Lose Weight By Drinking Less Alcohol
Even if your social life doesn't revolve around bars and clubs, don't assume it'll be easy for you to drink less: that post-work glass of wine, or the beers on a lazy Sunday afternoon, can be just as hard to give up. But if your weight loss has slowed recently, cutting down on the booze could be just what you need...
- Clinton Walker III on New Exercise Guidelines: What's Changed?:
It all boils down to one thing. Exercise and proper eating is the onl...
- mmi on Vitamin D: Are You Getting Enough?:
what the other function of vit D except bone?...
- personal trainer on What Kind of Music Makes Exercise Easier?:
there's no doubt about it for me... when I put my trance music on I tr...
- personal trainer on Underweight or Slightly Overweight: Which is Worse?:
I agree with cereal... BMI isn't a great measure. Bodyfat testing is ...
- personal trainer on Popcorn: Eat at Your Own Risk:
I couldn't agree more. What was this guy thinking trying to sue the c...
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