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Are Our Minds Going The Way Of Our Waists?

David Rock | Posted 12.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Cell Phones, Starvation, Hunger, Neuroscience, Twitter, Social Networks, Relationships, Brain, Human Brain, Diabetes, Facebook, Obesity, Iq, Wellness, Mind, Overweight, Attention Span, Living News

Put together cheap resources everywhere and poor self-control, and you get a weight problem literally of epidemic proportions. The trouble is, this same phenomenon may be happening with our minds.

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The Diabesity Epidemic Part 1: How Diabetes And Obesity Are Ravaging America Today

Mark Hyman, MD | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Ultrawellness, Type 2 Diabetes, Chronic Illness, Overweight, Diabetes, Mark Hyman MD, Insulin Resistance, Blood Sugar, Obesity, Health, Living News

Do you suffer from diabetes, monitor your blood sugar all the time, have blood sugar or insulin imbalances, elevated cholesterol? If so, you may find this story of one my patient's very interesting.

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Childhood Obesity's Contribution To Heart Attacks

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 12.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Diets for Kids, Overweight Health Risks, Obesity-Health-Risks, Child Obesity, Overweight, Health, Living News

We can no longer wait until our children "grow out of their baby fat". Unfortunately, today's kids keep their baby fat and continue to add to it throughout their lives.

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7 Tips To Relieve Holiday Stress

Connie Bennett | Posted 12.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Holidays, American Psychological Association, Debra Berndt, Holiday Season, Connie Bennett, Binging, Overeat, Alcohol, Holiday Overeating, Self Love, Self-Help, Relaxation, Calm Down, Overweight, The Balanced Life, Tips for the Holiday Season, Living News

While 'tis the season to be merry, for many of us, it's also a season for stress, anxiety and angst, which leads us to behave in ways we're sure to ...

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Preschoolers Watch Too Much TV -- Leads To Obesity

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Television, Activity, Health, Sedentary Lifestyle, Childhood Obesity, Parenting, Laziness, Obesity, Bloog Sugar, Tv, Wellness, Overweight, Sugar, Living News

You send your kids to day care with the hopes that your preschooler will learn socialization skills. But a new study shows that toddlers in home-based day care may watch up to two hours of TV during their day

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Vinegar Helps Lower Blood Sugar Levels

nytimes.com | Anahad O'Connor | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Vinegar, Diabetes, Obesity, Bloog Sugar, Wellness, Health, Overweight, Living News

Several studies have revealed a possible way to reduce the impact of a carb-laden dish: add a little vinegar. ...

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How To Avoid Holiday Overeating

latimes.com | Rosie Mestel and Ben Harder | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Holidays, Turkey, Thanksgiving, Gravy, Diet, Alcohol Consumption, Obesity, Feasting, Overeating, Wellness, Overweight, Holiday, Calories, Health, Willpower, Nutrition, Alcohol, Holiday News, Living News

Fill up on the vegetables. Skip the pumpkin pie, or at least the whipped cream. Forgo the gravy; go really easy on the stuffing. And just say no to al...

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Point 4: Americans Are Obese And Inert -- Resulting In Huge Health Care Costs

George Halvorson | Posted 11.12.2009 | Living

We will spend about 17.6 percent of our GDP on health care expenses this year in America, primarily because we are not healthy in some very key areas.

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Why Doesn't Exercise Lead To Weight Loss?

nytimes.com | Gretchen Reynolds | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Healthy Eating, Obese, Dieting, Health, Exercise, Healthy Diet, Metabolism, Weight Loss, Diet, Obesity, Overweight, Living News

Few people, an overwhelming body of research shows, achieve significant weight loss with exercise alone, not without changing their eating habits. A n...

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Americans Get Failing Grade On Diabetes Awareness

forbes.com | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Autoimmune Disease, Type 2 Diabetes, Health, Nutrition, Exercise, Diabetes, Weight, Obesity, Diet, Health Care, Sugar, Overweight, Living News

Though someone is diagnosed with diabetes every 20 seconds, many Americans lack basic knowledge about the potentially life-threatening disease, accord...

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Stop Sugar Shock on Halloween: Power Up With PFFW

Connie Bennett | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Halloween Candy, Health, Trick-or-Treating, Sugar Shock, Candies, Children's Obesity, Halloween, Personal-Health, Parents, Trick-or-Treat, Sugar, Overweight, Living News

Even if parents develop clever schemes to limit the number of candies their children eat, kids -- and many adults -- will often overdose on sweets, in secret if need be.

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Let Kids Sleep Late On Weekends To Fight Fat

Yahoo! News | David Freeman, HealthDay Reporter | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Children, Health, Fat, Weight Loss, Obesity, Sleep Deprivation, Children's Health, Childhood Obesity, Sleep, Overweight, Living News

Letting children sleep late on weekends and holidays might help them avoid becoming overweight or obese, a new study suggests. Researchers in Hong ...

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Enhance Well-Being: Find Your Fitness Profile

Kari Henley | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Skinny, Working Out, Personal Health, Health, Featured Contributor, Kari Henley, Fitness, Weight Loss, Obesity, Wellness, Personal Trainers, Overweight, Living News

Here are three classic fitness profiles of everyday folks who need a little change in their health and fitness routines, as well as a few expert tips.

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Soda Is the New Right-Wing Issue--and Fatsos the New Base

Michael Wolff | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Michael Wolff, Soda, Soda Tax, Right Wing, Obesity, Health Care, Overweight, Politics News

The soda tax is being tried out as a potential wedge issue, a populist theme. Super groovy cool self-satisfied yuppie people don't drink soda. But gross fat compulsive lacking-all-self-control normal Americans do.

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HuffPost's David Weiner Weighs In On "Fat" Ad In New Jersey Governor's Race

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Chris Christie, Fat Ad, New Jersey, Overweight, Weight, Corzine, Christie, Governor's Race, John Corzine, David Weiner, Media News

HuffPost New York Editor David Weiner spoke to New York's WPIX News about a "fat campaign commercial" that New Jersey Governor John Corzine's campaign...

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Weight Loss In College: No More Freshman Fifteen

newsweek.com | Johannah Cornblatt | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Eating Habits, Obese, Anorexia, College, Health, College Students and Weight, Eating Disorders, Weight Loss, Wellness, Overweight, Food, Living News

With more than 30 percent of college students falling into the American College Health Association's obese or overweight categories, Yale is not the o...

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Feeling Overweight? Congratulations!

Kiri Westby | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Fat, Self-Esteem, Nepal, Paradigm Shift, Dieting, Kiri Westby, Self-Confidence, Health, Weight Loss, Obesity, Overweight, Living News

Wouldn't it be great if we looked at each others' spare-tires as signs of abundance and joy and, along the same vein, recognize that our friends who appear too thin may actually need extra moral support?

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Do You Want a Health Care System or a Healing System?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Healthcare, Type 2 Diabetes, Activity, Exercise, Obesity Epidemic, Health, Health Care Reform, Diabetes, Obesity, Outdoor Exercise, Health Care, Overweight, Exercise Tips, Childhood Obesity, Politics News

Health care fills the news every day, obscuring a simple fact: Your health depends far more on the internal healing system than the health care system.

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5 Things To Do Before You Diet

self.com | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Diets, Obese, Dieting, Failed Diet, Health, Weight Loss, Diet, Before Diet, Overeating, Overweight, Living News

Later this week, we'll be launching our brand new Reach Your Goal 2009 program here on Self.com and in the September issue of the magazine. It's an aw...

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More Men Proudly Displaying Their Potbellies

New York Times | Guy Trebay | Posted 09.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Men, Man, Six-Pack Abs, Potbelly, Beer Belly, Gut, Overweight, Health, Style News

What the trucker cap and wallet chain were to hipsters of a moment ago, the Kramden is to what my colleague Mike Albo refers to as the "coolios" of no...

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Cash for Fatties

Wendy Wanderman | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: Cash for Clunkers, Red States, Blue States, Trust for America's Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Overweight, Living News

According to a recent report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Top 5 states that have the highest percentage of overweight people are all Republican red states.

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New York Obesity, Overweight Rate Rising

NBC NewYork | Posted 08.22.2009 | New York

Read More: Obesity Rate, New York, New York Overweight, Obesity, New York Obesity Rate, Overweight Rate, Overweight, New York News

In the town that made competitive eating a worldwide phenomenon, has witnessed the deification of the cupcake and the hamburger and is currently the s...

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Addressing The Stigma That Surrounds The Overweight

The Atlantic Food Channel | Samuel T. Stanley | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Mental Health, Surgery, Personal Health, Health, Fat, Gastric-Bypass, Indentity, Wellness, Overweight, Living News

It was around the time of my sister's college graduation when I realized that I could no longer hide the fact that I had lost a significant amount of ...

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The Key to Losing Weight that Nobody Talks About

Dr. John Neustadt | Posted 07.09.2009 | Living

What's completely ignored in the diet debate but essential to long-term success, is the need to realign the body's biochemistry in order to reach a healthy weight.

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Michael Jackson, The Bacon Explosion, Christmas and Me (VIDEO)

Tom Gregory | Posted 03.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Star Maps, Michael Jackson, The Good Neighbor Policy, Holmby Hills, Overweight, Linda Whelton, The Bacon Explosion, Entertainment News

Michael Jackson recently moved into my neighborhood. Some of his fans are more than obsessed -- twenty-four hours a day, the loyal legions camp outside his gilded gate.