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Pentagon Says More Than Half Of The US Military Is Overweight
A health report from the Pentagon contains some troubling statistics, and suggests more than half all U.S. troops are clinically overweight.The report, released last week, suggests muscle mass is part...
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ALMOST EVERYONE HAS a friend with a hollow leg. You know, that guy or girl who eats tons, never exercises, and somehow (infuriatingly) stays thinner than a clean eater, a vegan, or a paleo fiend? A new...
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There's An Easy Way To Stop Eating So Much Fattening Food
Eating before shopping could be an easy way to cut down on your high-calorie food consumption.A new research study found that people who snack before a shopping spree buy fewer unhealthy food...
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Pot Smokers Are Skinnier
A new study suggests that people who regularly smoke weed are skinnier than the general population.The study analyzed data from more than 4,500 adult Americans — 579 of whom were current marijuana...
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Inspiring Before-And-After Weight Loss Pictures
Last week, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie confirmed that he had lap band stomach surgery in February to lose weight.Christie is not alone in his struggle to lose weight through diet and...
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Women In A Poor West African Country Are Force-Feeding Themselves For...
In Mauritania, a West African country situated in between Western Sahara and Senegal, thin isn't considered beautiful. Skinny women are viewed as poor and not able to afford food.For women to find...
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17 Of The Highest-Calorie Chain Restaurant Items
McDonald's just announced its highest-calorie single menu item ever. Oof. While the Japanese Mega Potato has more than 1,000 calories, that number is not shocking for fast food or even chain restaurant...
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STUDY: Moms' Weight Loss Surgery Can Change Her Kids' Genes
WASHINGTON (AP) — Obese mothers tend to have kids who become obese. Now provocative research suggests weight-loss surgery may help break that unhealthy cycle in an unexpected way — by affecting how...
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11 Reasons Why Soda Is Terrible For You
A recent study showed how drinking too much diet soda for a long period of time can end up hurting your teeth as much as chronic abuse of methamphetamines or crack cocaine.The acids in each substance...
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The Jobs Where Employees Gain The Most Weight
Sitting at a desk all day isn't doing much for the waistlines of administrative assistants, a new study finds. And, they're not the only ones gaining weight at work.Nearly 70 percent of assistants have...
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Customers Aren't Interested In Eating Healthy Food From McDonald's
McDonald's salads are totally flopping. McDonald's CEO Don Thompson said May 29 at an investor conference that the fast-food chain's salads comprise only 2% to 3% of U.S. restaurant sales, reports...
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Why The State Of California Is Photoshopping Kids To Look Obese
Government-run agency First 5 California has begun plastering posters for a new anti-obesity campaign around the state. The image: a smiling, chubby, little girl contentedly sipping out of a straw...
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Everything We Do Is Reprogramming Our Genome
One day, we might sue our grandparents for their bad habits. Why? Because certain behaviors can impart changes to our genome that can cause disease. And those changes can be passed down to future...
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The Airline That's Charging Passengers By Weight Has Created An 'XL Class'
Samoa Air, the world's first airline to charge people according to their weight rather than by seat, is introducing a special "XL class" to cater for larger passengers.The Pacific national airline is...
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Why Eating Carbs May Lead To Stronger Food Cravings
Refined carbohydrates such as corn syrup could trigger food cravings not unlike the cravings that drug addicts experience, new research suggests.The findings, which are published today (June 26) in the...
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It Might Be Harder To Fire People For Being Fat Now
The American Medical Association's decision to call obesity a "disease" instead of a medical condition could make it harder to discriminate against fat employees, The Wall Street Journal Law Blog...
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Mexico Is Now A Fatter Country Than America
America is no longer the fattest of the world's more populous countries. That inglorious title now belongs to Mexico, according to a report [PDF] published last month by the United Nations.In 2008,...
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Exercise Doesn't Just Help Shed Fat — It Changes How Fatty Tissue Works
EXERCISE is the closest thing medicine has to a panacea. Though hitting the treadmill is more effort than swallowing a pill, the benefits are worth it. Even modest amounts of exercise protect against...
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A Sad Story About Childhood Obesity
Dr. Mitchell Roslin is chief of obesity surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. He holds several patents for the treatment of obesity and designed a method for treating relapse after gastric bypass...
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McDonald's CEO: I'm A Parent And I Know What My Kids Eat
McDonald's CEO Don Thompson emphatically denied that his company contributes to childhood obesity. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Thompson implied that parents are responsible for what their kids...
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