Overweight

Why Are You Overweight?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Weight Loss, Diet Tips, Diet, Health, Emotional Eating, Overweight, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

When I ask people why they are overweight, the first and most common answer is, "I don't know." I often notice a huge disconnect between the question, the factual answer, and the common responses.

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Does Obesity = Suicide?

Leslie Goldman | Posted 04.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Ads, Suicide, Obesity, Overweight, Obese, Advertising, Body Image, Living News
Leslie Goldman

Is it right to equate being obese with killing oneself? Is this a clever ad campaign or an offensive slight to those struggling with depression/suicidal thoughts and their loved ones?

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Give Up -- Just Be Fat

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 04.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Obesity Crisis, Twins, Fat Phobia, Obese, Weight Loss Industry, Fat, Weight Loss, Genetics, Overweight, Current Research, Living News
Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Would a thin gene test finally release fat people from the lazy-no-willpower-fat-is-contagious stereotype that our society is so fond of or would it only make it easier to pick them out to vilify?

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I Have an Easier Time Talking with My Kids about Sex than Food

Donna Fish | Posted 03.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Eating Habits, Childhood Obesity, Body Type, Genetics, Childhood Nutrition, Overweight, Living News
Donna Fish

If children see that they can still have their favorite foods, reminding them of their job to take good care and feed their body the other food groups it needs, they are less likely to struggle.

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Sick of Being Fat

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 02.16.2008 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Obesity, Health, Overweight, Living News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

Are you more motivated by the positive, i.e. the good things you will get when you lose weight? Or are you more motivated by the negative, i.e. getting rid of the bad things you experience by being heavy?

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