Study: Parents Can Hinder Teen Weight Loss
The subject of adolescent obesity came up in the comments yesterday – and it just so happens that the discussion coincides with the publication of a new study on the subject. The study authors looked at the families of overweight teenagers participating in Project EAT, an investigation into the “socioenvironmental, personal, and behavioral factors associated with diet and other weight-related behaviors.” Parents...
The Key To Successful Cardio… A Good Book!
I’m with Elissa on this one… I love lifting weight. But cardio… uh, well… that’s a different story. I do cardio because I have to. For the cardio-pulminary benefits it offers. And because if I’m really serious about trimming back some of the winter flab, it’s cardio that does it. Yep. Two to three weeks of cardio (3-4 25 minutes sessions at moderate intensity per week) and my pants start...
Is 5 Small Meals A Day Useless For Weight Loss?
I’ve just finished reading that the “snack diet,” or the splitting up of your food intake into five or six snacks/ small meals to boost your metabolism and lose weight is “useless.” Dr Tim Crowe, a nutrition specialist at Deakin University in Melbourne, spoke dismissively of the whole idea calling it “rubbish” and a “faddish dieting trend.” He also indicated there was some...
Dysfunctional Foods
I took the Special K Challenge this morning…the link caught my eye during a Google search, and I couldn’t resist. Special K is a real blast from the past: I recall the old “pinch an inch” ads from daze gone by. Can’t say I ever ate the stuff much, however. Didn’t really care for the taste, to be honest, plus, I had a hard time figuring out what was really “special” about it from a...
Weight Loss Lip Gloss? Whatever Will They Think Of Next?
I love it. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any worse… Top 8 Most Ridiculous Weight Loss Techniques!
Are The Restaurant Chains Really On YOUR Side?
Lately I’ve been reading Morgan Spurlock’s “Don’t Eat This Book; Fast Food And The SuperSizing Of America”. Morgan, if you remember, is the guy who did the “SuperSize Me” movie — which you absolutely must see, if you haven’t already (“SuperSize Me” is a documentary movie where Morgan consumes nothing but McDonalds “food” for thirty days straight, all the...
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