Bitter Sweet News for Slimmers
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Women whose palates are sensitive to bitter tastes are more likely to keep the pounds off, according to a new study. The so-called âsuper-tastersâ were found by US researchers
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LONDON -- It may be obvious that most Britons are overweight. What isn't so obvious is that at least 2 million of them are likely malnourished _ and that includes some of the people who are too fat.
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Amid a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, an insurance company has started giving customers another reason to slim down by being one of the first in the nation to offer discounts to customers who keep a low body-mass index.
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FRIDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- New research confirms the worst fears of those who worry about putting on extra pounds: Severely overweight people are much more likely to report poor sex lives.
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There's more bad news for those pudgy couch potatoes, junk food junkies and TV devotees -- and this time it really hits them where it hurts.
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Sorry, diet devotees calorie counters and carb cutters: Scientists say there&#39;s no proof that popular weight-loss programs help keep the pounds off.
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LONDON, Dec. 3 Dancing the tango or be-bopping in the street may be what the doctor orders for sluggish Britons to get off their couches and shed some pounds.Comment
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Like many teenage girls, Lee Ann Thill was obsessed with her appearance. A diabetic, she was already suffering from bulimia &#151; forcing herself to throw up to lose weight. But it wasn't enough, and she'd recently put on 20 pounds.
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Keep up with the latest in Wired words. Make sure you don't socially advertise your passive obesity.
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Bad news for new Americans: A study published Wednesday shows that simply moving to the United States packs on the pounds. &quot;The longer you live here, the more likely you are to be obese,&quot; says Mita Sanghavi
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New study findings suggest that controlling portion sizes may be the fastest route to weight loss.
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NEW YORK  - No matter what their weight or their eating habits, young women feel worse about themselves and their appearance after viewing pro-anorexia websites, which explicitly encourage extreme thinness, a new study shows.
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Young women are being warned not to put their lives at risk by taking laxatives in a bid to lose weight.
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NutriSystem is taking a different approach to appeal to men who are trying to lose weight.
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In the lobby of TrimSpa's headquarters, framed clippings of tabloid newspapers trumpet Anna Nicole Smith's weight loss. Smith is also shown smiling in banner ads featuring photographs before and after her extreme weight loss.
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Diet-friendly sugar substitutes may not be so slimming after all. A new study in lab animals furthers the theory that zero-cal sweeteners throw your body out of whack and plump you up
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People are giving up burning calories for just consuming fewer of them, research suggests.