Category: Diets & Weight Loss
Expert advice: Top 10 exercise myths
We continuously believe fad diets, celebrity health talk and other tid bits of (false) knowledge making us continuously fall victim to these silly fitness fables. Although some old fitness fictions, such as "no pain, no gain" and "spot reducing" are …
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Bethenny Frankel feels 'too thin'
… and is the founder of the Skinnygirl diet and food brand. Bethenny has carved a career out of creating healthy lifestyle products, but maintains that her own weight–loss has become a little too extreme. "I'm too thin," she told Life & Style. …
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New Studies Point to Role of Diet, Obesity in Increased Risk of Diabetes (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – Researchers are getting closer to figuring out the root causes of type 2 diabetes, as new studies released in the past week shed light on the dietary factors of the disease. Scientists have long known that there is a link between obesity and a person’s risk of developing diabetes, but now they may have isolated not only one of the main chemical reactions responsible for the disease’s devastating effects, but also some of the specific diet choices that increase the risk that you will develop it in the first place.
Obese Women Can’t Avoid Media’s Stigma (LiveScience.com)
U.S. Women Using Dangerous Weight-Loss Pill 2 Years After Recall (HealthDay)
HealthDay – TUESDAY, Aug. 16 (HealthDay News) — Many women in the United States
continue to use a Chinese weight-loss supplement that’s been recalled due
to dangerous ingredients, a new study indicates.
Juvenile Obesity: Who is Responsible for Overweight Kids? (ContributorNetwork)
ContributorNetwork – The number of obese children has tripled since 1986. A new obesity score links BMI to death risk. Another study found that parents aren’t responding to children’s obesity data. Who is responsible for juvenile obesity?
Dieters May Unknowingly Buy Dangerous Weight Loss Supplements (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com – A potentially hazardous weight loss supplement that has been recalled in the United States continues to be sold and consumed in significant amounts, a new study suggests.
Drug Abuse, Obesity Top List of Kids’ Health Concerns (LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com – Drug abuse and childhood obesity ranked highest on a new survey of health concerns for children.
Have your cupcake and savour it, too: The perils of food-related guilt
Numerous studies demonstrate that people who eschew diets are more likely to maintain a healthy body weight. But with rising rates of eating disorders in adult populations and mounting evidence of health-related anxiety among all ages, you can make a …
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