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Brian Lost More Than 300 Pounds: 'It's Up To Us To Decide How Great We Are Going To Be'

Posted 02.18.2013 | Healthy Living
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Got a success story of your own? Send it to us at success.stories@huffingtonpost.com and you could be featured on the site! Name: Brian Beck Age: ...

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Body Image Researcher David Sarwer Debunks Hollywood Myths

Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W. | Posted 01.16.2013 | Healthy Living
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Jean Fain, L.I.C.S.W., M.S.W.

Clearly, celebrity interviews provide no shortage of encouraging words. But if you're in the market for reliable information, there are surely better sources -- so I chose a scientist over a celebrity to debunk some of the body-image myths that Hollywood helps perpetuate.

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Why Are We Getting Fatter?

Judy Farah | Posted 06.09.2012 | Healthy Living
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Judy Farah

I live in California: land of a great climate and sunshine. In Sacramento, we have a beautiful 30-mile bike trail along the river where you can cycle, hike, jog or walk. Why was everyone getting fat?

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Why the New Surgical Cure for Diabetes Will Fail!

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 05.27.2012 | Healthy Living
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Mark Hyman, MD

Recommending gastric bypass as a national solution for our diabetes epidemic is bad medicine and bad economics.

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Ann Brenoff

How My Life Changed After Losing 163 Pounds (PHOTOS)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ann Brenoff | Posted 05.23.2012 | Fifty
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Steven Levy spent most of his first 44 years obese. As a young boy, he was embarrassed about the breasts he sprouted and would make up excuses to avoi...

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Man Packs On Pounds To Qualify For Weight-Loss Surgery

The Telegraph | Nick Collins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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A 20-stone man has pledged to keep eating with the aim of putting on more weight after the NHS informed him he was not fat enough to qualify for weigh...

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