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Posted New Jersey Woman Aims to be World's Fattest to Diet Blog
James Ambler / Barcroft USA Donna Simpson, a 42-year old woman from New Jersey, weighs 600lbs (273kg). At 5'4", that gives her a BMI of 103 - she'd need to lose just over 450lbs to get down to a healthy weight. But Donna Simpson wants to gain weight... hoping to become the fattest woman in the world and weigh 1,000lbs...
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Posted Frozen Veggies Retain More Nutrients to Diet Blog
With food prices high and the economy still recovering, many of us struggle to eat healthily because of the cost of good food. Fresh fruit and vegetables can see grocery bills soaring. But, there's good news this week from a UK study by the Institute of Food Research. Scientists have shown that frozen vegetables retain more nutrients, which are...
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Posted Beware of Calories in Movie Theater Snacks to Diet Blog
With the news that many large buckets of popcorn contain 1,800 calories, movie theaters in the UK are being urged to offer calorie information. Typical movie snacks include: Large popcorn: around 1,800 calories - the entire daily energy requirement of an average 5-10 year old. Nachos: 716 calories - a big pasta dinner. Large cola: 328 calories - enough...
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Posted Water-Based Chocolate As Good As Normal Bar to Diet Blog
Scientists at Birmingham University in the UK are developing a new healthy chocolate bar where the fat content is replaced with... water. It sounds too good to be true, but it isn't! The researchers have been looking into ways to replace the fat particles in a normal chocolate bar with calorie-free alternatives like air, water or gels....
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Posted Grandparent Carers Boost Obesity Risk to Diet Blog
A report published in the International Journal of Obesity, based on data from 12,000 children, found that kids who are looked after by their grandparents are more likely to be overweight than kids cared for by childminders or parents. The study, led by Professor Catherine Law from University College London, used data from the Millennium Cohort Study, which collected...
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Posted McItaly Burger Stirs Up Controversy to Diet Blog
McDonald's have unveiled their new "McItaly" burger, emphasizing it will "promote the taste of Italy". The burger is made from ingredients produced in Italy, and has been launched under the slogan, "McDonald's speaks Italian."...
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Posted Tried and Tested Tips to Help Your Kids Eat Healthy to Diet Blog
Getting our children to eat healthy can certainly be a challenge. But, with childhood obesity at an all-time high, it's worth doing whatever we can now, before it's too late. At the launch of a new campaign to reduce childhood obesity in America, Michelle Obama explained her own girls had been a little overweight before some healthy dietary changes....
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Posted Unusual Fruits and Vegetables Hitting UK Shelves to Diet Blog
Are you used to your carrots being orange and your potatoes yellowish? You could be in for a surprise if you go shopping at Marks and Spencers food stores, a UK high-end retailer. Boffins have been creating some new varieties of familiar fruits and vegetables....
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Posted Eat Like a Viking And Lose Weight to Diet Blog
The latest diet to hit the headlines draws on Scandinavia for inspiration, and means eating Viking-style. Helmets and longboats optional... Professor Arne Astrup, an obesity expert who heads Copenhagen University's department of human nutrition, believes that the Nordic diet is perfect for keeping us slim....
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Posted Fake Alli Pills Putting Dieters in Danger to Diet Blog
Since Alli became licensed for over-the-counter sale, many dieters have been turning to it to give their weight loss efforts a boost. But now, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned about counterfeit products on the market. The counterfeit pills have been tested and shown to contain potentially harmful levels of sibutramine -- a drug that should only...
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Posted Ban Butter for Greater Health? to Diet Blog
One of Britain's leading heart surgeons, Shyam Kolvekar, has suggested that in order to save lives, butter should be banned. Butter contains a large amount of saturated fat (54g per 100g), and saturated fat is considered responsible for a third of Britain's annual 200,000 premature deaths from heart disease....
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Posted Chinese Engineers Build Great Wall ... Of Chocolate to Diet Blog
If you're a secret chocoholic, this news will have you salivating: a ten-metre long replica of the Great Wall of China has been build - out of chocolate. Chinese engineers constructed the wall from dark chocolate bricks, and used white chocolate to stick them together....
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Posted Are You Cheating On Your Diet? to Diet Blog
A survey by LighterLife, less than a few weeks into 2010, revealed that 36% of women are cheating on their New Year's diet. The results from 2,000 women, are no particular shock, but they do come as a timely reminder about good (and less good) weight loss habits....
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Posted Restaurant and Packaging Calorie Claims Could Be Wrong to Diet Blog
Have you stuck religiously to your calorie limit and still failed to lose weight? Scientists have some bad news for you this week - the calorie claims on restaurant menus and food packaging might be wrong. In a study undertaken by researchers from Tufts University, results showed that: 18% of restaurant meals contained more calories than stated. 8% of...
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Posted Brits Urged to Grow Their Own Food to Diet Blog
The British government has launched a new "food strategy" for the next 20 years, emphasizing sustainability and good health. Britain's environmental secretary, Hilary Benn, said: Food security is as important to this country's future wellbeing - and the world's - as energy security. We need to produce more food. We need to do it sustainably. And we need to...
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Posted Easter Eggs Already On Sale to Brits to Diet Blog
Brits shopping in two big grocery chains, Tesco and Somerfield, have already found chocolate Easter Eggs on the shelves ... just days after Christmas. If, like me, you have enough Christmas chocolates to last until 2011, you're probably wondering why we're already being encouraged to buy more holiday candy. One puzzled shopper explained why the early sale of Easter...
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Posted Obese Skunk Cuts Out Bacon Sandwiches to Diet Blog
After recent news about a dieting hedgehog, the story of a skunk on a diet has hit the headlines. The skunk, Mr Bumble, was donated to a UK zoo. He weighed 14 pounds when admitted, and his previous owners confessed to feeding him bacon sandwiches....
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Posted Man Wins $1,600 Diet Bet to Diet Blog
A UK man has won £1,000 (around $1,600) by successfully losing weight. Ian Armstrong, a 44 year old warehouse worker, placed a £50 ($80) bet in January 2009, saying he would lose 70lbs before Christmas 2009......
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Posted World's First Junk Food Tax May be Introduced in Taiwan to Diet Blog
We've heard proposals of "junk food taxes" in America and other countries over the past couple of years, but none have yet been introduced. Taiwan may be set to become the first country with an extra levy on unhealthy food....
