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Want to Look Thinner? Avoid Horizontal Stripes
Women often avoid clothing with horizontal stripes, believing the pattern makes them look wider than they actually are. Now new research has proven that to be true.
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Americans Doing Their Obese Best to Keep the World Population 17 Million Tons Overweight
Many of us could stand to lose a few pounds, but the total body mass of all the overweight people in the world is truly surprising, according to a new report.
Perhaps, not surprisingly, the US accounts for a disproportionate number of this extra poundage.
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Scientists Have Discovered the Healthiest Meal You Can Possibly Eat
Food manufacturers and supermarkets like to advertise that their meals are healthy. But there can be only one “healthiest” meal, and British scientists have looked through 4,000 health claims in an effort to determine what that would be.
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Lose the Fat, Increase the Paycheck — People Who Work Out More Get Paid More
If you want a raise at work, you might want to think about spending more time at the gym.
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Should Supersized Drinks Be Banned? — Survey of the Day
Last week, New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced a proposal which would ban certain sugary drinks over 16 ounces in the city.
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Can a Pair of Glasses Trick You Into Eating Less? [VIDEO]
For years, many diet experts have advised using smaller plates for our food. By doing so, normal portions look bigger and thus fool us into thinking we’ve eaten more than we have.
Now a group of Japanese researchers have taken that idea one further — they’ve created goggles that make food look larger.
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Being Fat Is Now Illegal [Video]
April 16, 2012 Suddenly we are a nation of outlaws.To be truthful if we wanted to cut down on health care cost in this country we would have similar legislation and smoking would be against the law too. However, this is America and I do believe we have the right be as healthy or unhealthy as we choose to be.
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10 Signs You Have the Obesity Gene
It’s no secret that America has a weight problem. We love food too much and exercise too little. A life like that doesn’t have many healthy side effects, affordable health care or pants that don’t create muffin tops.
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Casino Dishes Out Money to Gamblers for Each Pound They Weigh
Fat Tuesday took on a whole new meaning earlier this week at a Florida casino, where gamblers were given a dime in slot machine credits for every pound they weighed.
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Lack of Sleep Can Cause Weight Gain
In a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, researchers have proved that lack of sleep is a contributing factor in weight gain.