LIFESTYLE News, May 27, 2012

More than diet and exercise are needed to fight obesity Florida Times-Union To address this epidemic, the Institute of Medicine recommends incorporation of physical exercise into daily life; more healthy food and beverage options; and better “messaging” efforts by health-care providers, employers and schools to keep us trim. See all stories on this topic »

Georgia Davis: 63-stone teen's desperate plea 'I can't stand up' sparks £100k ... Daily Mail Britain's fattest teenager had told friends on Facebook of her fears for her life because of her diet of junk food, chocolate and fizzy drinks. She said: 'We all die in the end...but food will inevitably kill me. I can't handle losing weight, ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Exercise Saves Lean Body Mass After Gastric Bypass MedPage Today By Chris Kaiser, Cardiology Editor, MedPage Today Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston. This study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. See all stories on this topic »

Weight loss surgery for teens becomes more common Kansas City Star Terry Smethers weighed a “very severely obese” 367 pounds when, at age 66 four years ago, he had the weight loss surgery that he says saved his life. Concerned that his daughter, Lorie Boyd, would die of her own obesity — at age 45 and 286 pounds, ... See all stories on this topic » Kansas City Star

College Students' Weighty Choices Bring Obesity to Forefront The Chestertown Spy “You have to find the time, it's not built-in for exercising, and you're selecting your own food, which may be totally different than the meals you're used to from home.” More than one-third of American adults, about 35.7 percent, are obese today, ... See all stories on this topic »

Pilates instructor teaches healthy habits Local 10 The workout gives the teen's a head start on healthy habits for life. "What I hope they take from today is the concept of health and how important it is and the simple truth that if you don't have your health, you have nothing because that's what I was ... See all stories on this topic » Local 10

HCG DietsTv Explains The Deposits And Withdrawals Of Fat TopWireNews (press release) If treatment works, then the person concerned should be able to eat normally any food without putting on weight again. Therefore it is vital that the nature of the 'disorder' which leads to obesity is identified accurately. Today obesity is extremely ... See all stories on this topic »

The Washington Post Washington Post Today's college students are not lazy. Rather, with Web-based technology, studying takes less time than in the past. No one is sitting in the library any more poring over hard copies. Research can be done now with the touch of a button from a student's ... See all stories on this topic »

Roy Bragg: Dear Charles Barkley San Antonio Express By Roy Bragg I'm writing today with an unusual request: Want to go to the River Walk with me? You are, without a doubt, the best sports personality in America. You've got a shiny new Emmy to prove it. Like any true basketball fan, I love watching you ... See all stories on this topic »

Dear Charles Barkley San Antonio Express (blog) Photo: Turner Sports / SA I'm writing today with an unusual request: Want to go to the River Walk with me? You are, without a doubt, the best sports personality in America. You've got a shiny new Emmy to prove it. Like any true basketball fan, ... See all stories on this topic » San Antonio Express (blog)

10 Reasons To Quit Your Job Right Now! TechCrunch Without The Other telling you your bonus, your salary, your movie can be made, your book published, your company funded, your life validated. The era where you have to always be planning your escape. Where you create your platforms on twitter, ... See all stories on this topic » TechCrunch

Clues reveal few hints about fate of missing soldier Las Vegas Review - Journal But one thing is certain: Roman G. Padilla risked his life for his country and died for it too. "Every step I take may cost me my life so I decided I'd write you a nice long letter cause it may be the last one," Padilla wrote in a 3-foot-long letter ... See all stories on this topic »

A day at a time with Pollyanna by his side Maribyrnong Weekly ''I've kind of got control of it today. But other days I might not, [it] just inexplicably it doesn't work, and those are difficult days.'' No wonder, when the diagnosis was made in 1991 and his future prospects explained, Fox turned to drinking. See all stories on this topic »

Why Malindi cried Times LIVE You cannot be fine when you are fed a diet of racial superiority all your life. What has hurt most for me, therefore, has been the sheer failure to appreciate the monumental nature of these slurs by many in the white community. See all stories on this topic » Times LIVE

65th World Health Assembly closes with new global health measures Reuters AlertNet The agenda covered some of the biggest challenges and opportunities facing public health today. "As challenges, let me mention noncommunicable diseases and ageing, maternal and child health, under- and over- nutrition, the eradication of polio and ... See all stories on this topic »

Olympic athletes: These women are in perfect condition, so why call them fat? Telegraph.co.uk Of course, like today's athletes, my sport partly created my physique. In my case, it was a bigger frame, bigger muscles, bigger thighs. So the weight seemed to melt off when I stopped playing. I was astounded. I lost nearly three stone. See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Aishwarya Rai ignores weight barbs The National She laughingly said there's no way she's going on a dietfor anyone. "I think in life it's important to be healthy," she explained. "I have always enjoyed my food and I have never been one for strict diets and I'm not taking any recommendations now ... See all stories on this topic » The National

The Behavioral Economic Case Against Keynesianism Caffeinated Thoughts Today, I'm taking it one step further. In this post, I'm going to make a behavioral economic case against Keynesianism Like I said in my last post on this subject, a big problem with behavioral economists is that they tend to focus entirely on the free ... See all stories on this topic »

How to Living in a More Healthy Way | Discovery Health - Diet and ... By admin ... then the individuals to go higher. However, your health will not be threatened straight, so it is a good suggestion for you to get serious about a healthier method of life. ... Discovery Health – Diet and FitnessToday. Diet, Fitness, and Healthy ... Discovery Health - Diet and Fitness...

Does organic food turn people into jerks? - TODAY Health - MSN Let us make a healthy difference in your life today. ... "I've noticed a lot of organic foods are marketed with moral terminology, like Honest Tea, and wondered if ... todayhealth.today.msnbc.msn.com/_.../11737146-does-organi...

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