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Got more belly than you'd like?
-- It's worth noting that no exercises or diets specifically target belly fat—despite the promises of many infomercials. As Dr. Samuel Klein, professor of medicine and nutritional science at Washington University School of Medicine, explains, you...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Massachusetts General Hospital, HIV, Harvard Medical School, Food and Drug Administration
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Five Questions: Marshall Reid, 12-year-old healthy food advocate
Marshall Reid was bullied at school because he was overweight. He found a way to fight back that has kept the bullies at bay and changed his life: He's a healthy eater and a successful author. He and his mother, Alexandra, wrote the book, "Portion Size...
Tags: Healthy Diet, Food Network (tv network), Corned Beef, Diets and Dieting, French Fries
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Obese adults should get counseling, federal task force says
In a move that could significantly expand insurance coverage of weight-loss treatments, a federal health advisory panel on Monday recommended that all obese adults receive intensive counseling in an effort to rein in a growing health crisis in America....
Tags: Insurance, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Medicare, Weight Loss
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It's not just how many calories, but what kind, study finds
A calorie is a calorie is a calorie — or is it? Maybe not, a small study has found. Once the pounds are shed, the proportions of carbohydrates, proteins and fats you chow down on may determine whether you keep the weight off — or slowly but...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Hormones and Metabolism, Physiology, Medical Research, Weight Loss
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FDA approves lorcaserin, first weight-loss drug since 1999
The Food and Drug Administration has approved marketing of the weight-loss drug lorcaserin, the first prescription anti-obesity medication to win the FDA's blessing since the agency approved orlistat in 1999. Once it is cleared by the Drug Enforcement...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Weight Loss, Massachusetts General Hospital, Meridia (drug)
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Growing obesity in Africa could worsen infant mortality
World NowAs obesity becomes a bigger problem in much of Africa, babies already at high risk in the region could face new and added dangers, a new study published Wednesday in the Lancet has found.... -
New Yorkers turn out to argue against, and for, sugary soda limit
NEW YORK -- It’s not often that a Twinkie earns a bit of praise from a nutrition expert, or that a hefty elected official confesses his food vices before a room packed with spectators and the media. But nothing was routine as New York’s Board...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Michael Bloomberg, Minority Groups, Human Rights, Food Industry
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Fat cats up for adoption -- at a discount -- at Ohio shelter
L.A. UnleashedA central Ohio animal shelter with an abundance of chubby cats is having a sale on its fattest felines, hoping a discount entices potential owners to take one home. The Capital Area Humane Society says the fat cats are on...... -
Santa makeover: From ho, ho to whoa!
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterHe may have an uncanny knack for knowing who's naughty or nice, mad package delivery skills and a fan base approaching Lady Gaga's, but, sartorially speaking, Santa Claus is in a bit of a rut. It wasn't always this way. Over the years the man also...Tags: Entertainment, Academy Awards, Marilyn Monroe, Lanvin, Santa Claus (fictional character)
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Pets and your health: the good and the bad
They cuddle and purr. And they shed. They wag their tails and fetch your slippers. And they shed. They never talk back and they never hold a grudge. And they shed.
There are obvious pluses and minuses to living with pets, not only with respect to your...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Cat-scratch disease , Toxoplasmosis , Health
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Parents to pediatricians: Don't tell me my kid's 'fat'
What's the best way to be told that your child is overweight or obese?
Not at all, of course. But if that bad news must be delivered, a national survey published in the journal Pediatrics this week finds that parents will feel blamed and respond badly to...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight Loss, Health, Pediatrics, Body Mass Index
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Americans' 'ideal weight' shifts upward
As we enter the season of the year in which Americans typically gain at least a pound or two that never goes away, a new report from the Gallup Poll finds that as our actual weight drifts upward, so do our perceptions of what our "ideal" weight would be. ...Tags: New Year's Day, Holidays, Health, Gallup, Inc., Obesity
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