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Body Fat Testing - What's Your Body Fat?
When it comes to tracking weight loss, most of us rely on the scale to tell us whether we've lost or gained weight. Read more >>
Stretching Exercises For Flexibility
Stretching plays a vital role in keeping muscles and joints strong and pliable so they are less susceptible to injury. Read more >>
Basal Metabolic Rate - BMR
Your basal metabolic rate, or BMR, is the minimum calorific requirement needed to sustain life in a resting individual. Read more >>
Omega-3 Fatty Acids
Omega-3 fatty acids are a form of polyunsaturated fats, one of four basic types of fat that the body derives from food. Read more >>
Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia is a type of eating disorder that mainly affects girls and young women. A person with this disorder has an intense fear of gaining weight and limits the food she eats. Read more >>
Binge Eating Disorders
Most of us overeat from time to time, and many people often feel they've eaten more than they should have. Read more >>
Calories In Alcohol
Alcoholic beverages supply calories but few or no nutrients. The alcohol in these beverages has effects that are harmful when consumed in excess. Read more >>
Diet & Exercise for Diabetes
At least 10 million Americans at high risk for Type 2 diabetes can sharply lower their chances of getting the disease with diet and exercise, a major clinical trial indicates. Read more >>
Diet Myths
Fad diets work for permanent weight loss. Is this a myth or a fact? read more >>
Food Portions
Have you noticed that the size of muffins, candy bars, and soft drinks has grown over the years? read more >>
Losing Weight
Americans are getting fatter. We're putting on the pounds at an alarmingly rapid rate. And we're sacrificing our health for the sake of super-sized portions, biggie drinks, and two-for-one value meals, obesity researchers say. Read more >>
Very Low Calorie Diets
Obesity affects nearly one-third of adults in the United States, increasing their risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Traditional weight loss methods include low-calorie diets from 800 to 1,500 calories a day and regular physical activity. Read more >>
Low Saturated Fat Diets
Some dietary fat is needed for good health. Fats supply energy and essential fatty acids and promote absorption of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K. read more >>
Overweight Children
Healthy eating and physical activity habits are key to your child’s well-being. Eating too much and exercising too little can lead to overweight and related health problems that can follow children into their adult years. Read more >>
Quit Smoking
Many people gain weight when they quit smoking. Even so, the best action you can take to improve your health is to quit smoking. Focus on stopping smoking first. Then you can continue to improve your health in other ways. Read more >>
Salt & Sodium Diets
Sodium and sodium chloride -- known commonly as salt -- occur naturally in foods, usually in small amounts. Salt and other sodium-containing ingredients are often used in food processing. Read more >>
Sugar Diets
Sugars are carbohydrates. Dietary carbohydrates also include the complex carbohydrates starch and fiber. During digestion all carbohydrates except fiber break down into sugars. Read more >>
Weight Control
Regular physical activity can help you reach and maintain a healthy weight. Being physically active can also make you more energetic, improve your mood, and reduce the risk of developing some chronic diseases. Read more >>
Weight Loss Control
Diets don’t work . If you have ever been on a diet, you know that dieting does not work. Eventually, dieting and denial lead to overeating and often, binge eating. Read more >>
Weight Loss For Life
There are many ways to lose weight, but it is not always easy to keep the weight off. The key to successful weight loss is making changes in your eating and physical activity habits that you can keep up for the rest of your life. Read more >>
Weight Loss For Moms
Overweight mothers who breast feed their infants may lose weight through a sensible diet and exercise program-without fear of harming their infants-a study by NICHD-funded researchers has found. Read more >>
Weight Loss Programs
Some people lose weight on their own and others like the support of a structured program. Overweight people who are successful at losing weight, and keeping it off, can reduce their risk factors for heart disease. Read more >>
Weight Loss Resolutions
The holiday cookies have almost been polished off and the decorations packed away. So now it's time again for that nagging New Year's resolution -- to shed some pounds in the coming year. Read more >>
Weight Loss Winning
Americans trying to lose weight have plenty of company. According to a 1995 report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), tens of millions of Americans are dieting at any given time, spending more than $33 billion yearly on weight-reduction products, such as diet foods and drinks. Read more >>
Ephedra & Ephedrine for Weight Loss
We addressed research questions regarding the efficacy of herbal ephedra and ephedrine for weight loss and athletic performance through a comprehensive literature review and synthesis of evidence. Read more >>
Losing Weight - What is The Best Way?
I know I need to lose weight, but how do I figure out how much I should lose? There is no hard and fast answer to how much a person should weigh in order to be healthy. Read more >>
What is obesity?
Obesity means that you have an unhealthy amount of body fat. Everyone needs some body fat, but too much fat can cause health problems. Read more >>
Weight Loss and Control - Voluntary Methods
A health paradox exists in modern America. On the one hand, many people who do not need to lose weight are trying to. On the other hand, most who do need to lose weight are not succeeding. Read more >>
Setting Goals for Weight Loss
There are lots of reasons for people who are overweight or obese to lose weight. To be healthier. To look better. To feel better. To have more energy. Read more >>
Low-Carb Diets: How Safe Are They?
Today there are many popular diets that people claim help them to lose weight and one diet that receives much press is the low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet. Read more >>
Atkins Diet As Effective As A Low-Fat Diet
Two new studies seem to provide further evidence that a low-carbohydrate regimen is at least as effective as a low-fat diet in helping people drop excess weight without harming their cholesterol levels. Read more >>
Atkins Diet Craze - Restaurants Now Catering To It!
Many restaurants have created low-carb corners of their menus and they include endless offerings of meat. Read more >>
Exercising & Weight Training At Any Age
Adding strength training to a program of regular physical activity will help improve the quality of life, allowing people of all ages to improve and maintain their health and in dependent lifestyle. Read more >>
Physical Activity Prevent Disease
Regular physical activity, fitness, and exercise are critically important for the health and well being of people of all ages. Read more >>
Low Back Pain
The development and maintenance of healthy low back function requires a balance of flexibility, strength, and endurance. Read more >>
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