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CONSUMER REPORTS: Top Diets
More than two-thirds of American adults are overweight, even obese. At the top of many New Year’s resolutions is the dreaded “D” word – diet. Consumer Reports’ just-released survey of 9,000 subscribers rates more than a...
Tags: Diets and Dieting, Consumers, Overweight, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Push for healthier truckers gains momentum
DALLAS (AP) — In the months after Doug Robinson started driving a truck, he noticed his clothes were increasingly more snug-fitting. He was already overweight but soon realized that spending up to 11 hours behind the wheel, frequently eating fast...Tags: Heart Problems, Sleep Apnea, Employees, U.S. Department of Transportation, High Blood Pressure
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Bariatric surgery to cure Type 2 diabetes better understood
BALTIMORE — Days after undergoing gastric bypass surgery, Brenda Maker’s diabetes was gone — her body producing enough of the hormone insulin to turn sugar into fuel. It’s a phenomenon seen in recent years by doctors who...Tags: High Blood Pressure, Diseases and Illnesses, Weight, Heart Disease, Pancreas
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FDA approves first new weight loss pill in decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved Arena Pharmaceutical's anti-obesity pill Belviq, the first new prescription drug for long-term weight loss to enter the U.S. market in over a decade. The agency cleared the pill for...Tags: Drugs and Medicines, Health Organizations, Washington, DC, Obesity, Overweight
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The 'expanding' work force
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSara Sauer was a fit athlete who played golf and softball at LaVille Junior-Senior High School in Lakeville, but when she graduated in 2004 and got an office job, she ballooned to up to more than 200 pounds. The weight piled on, she said, because of...Tags: South Bend (St. Joseph, Indiana), 2016 Olympic Games, High Blood Pressure, Weight, Health and Medical Professionals
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150 years of dieting fads and still no quick fix
WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is preparing to weigh in with new U.S. dietary guidelines next week. So, the Library of Congress decided to take a look back by going into its archives and, with Weight Watchers International, gathering experts...Tags: Weight Watchers International Incorporated, Diets and Dieting, Obesity, Overweight, Health
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Senior briefs
Calendar These activities will be offered at the Annapolis Senior Activity Center, 119 S. Villa Ave. Information: 410-222-1818: Concert Charles Sullivan performs Broadway tunes, American Songbook standards, gospel and more at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May...Tags: Annapolis, Scrabble (game), Alzheimer's Disease, Medical Specialization, Diabetes
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Learn more about hot-yoga
The last thing many Americans crave in August is a heated room. But in pursuit of a yoga trend that promises mental and physical benefits, many are packing into scorching, humid studios, where the temperature is elevated to 95 degrees or higher....Tags: Coral Springs, Coconut Creek, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, High Blood Pressure
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Local student to talk weight loss on 'The View'
Kaci DeWitt-Rickards remembers being a chunky kid with a steady diet of Burger King chicken tenders, vanilla milkshakes and Papa John's pizza. By her sophomore year in college at the University of Miami, her adolescent pudge had ballooned into a...
Tags: Education, Physical Therapy, Drugs and Medicines, Weight, Health Treatments
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Author Christopher Buckley To Speak At Hotchkiss
The Hartford CourantChristopher Buckley, the Forbes editor, journalist and author whose books tackle political and cultural sacred cows with a satirical twist, will give a free talk Wednesday, May 22, at 7 p.m. at The Hotchkiss School, 11 Interlaken Road., Lakeville. Son...Tags: West Hartford, Executive Branch, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Book, Julia Child
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Weight loss takes on competitive dimension at area businesses
PETOSKEY -- Some Northern Michigan businesspeople are walking around a bit lighter after participating in a recent weight-loss competition. The "Win by Losing" program was hosted locally for the second year in a row by the Health Care Task Force, a...
Tags: Wii, Internists, Healthcare Provider, Weight, Health and Medical Professionals
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Chris Christie's weight-loss surgery: How does it work?
An estimated 220,000 Americans undergo some type of bariatric surgery each year, and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has revealed that he is one of them. The high-profile Republican – who hasn’t revealed his weight but is estimated to tip the...
Tags: Obesity, Diabetes, Weight, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Heart Disease
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