Thin Isn’t “In”
With all the emphasis on overweight/obesity, it’s hard to visualize having the opposite problem. But quite a few do…especially young women who aspire to be models. Michael had started her modeling career in Texas as a 5-foot-9, 130-pound 15-year-old, and at every...
read moreOleoyl-Estrone
Admittedly, I don’t keep a very close watch on what Big Pharma is up to, when it comes to the development of anti-obesity drugs…let’s face it, most of ’em don’t do much, and carry a significant risk of side effects. Some of the sides are...
read moreTV/Video Linked to Overweight/Adiposity in Preschoolers
To add to Paul’s comments about the detrimental effects of TV on children’s food choices, a recent study found a correlation between the time preschoolers spend in front of the tube, and their weight/degree of adiposity (as measured by skinfold thickness). The...
read more1.5 Cheers for McDonald’s
Chris Coleson’s 80+ pound weight loss hit the news cycle recently. The former 276 pounder now weighs in at a relatively svelte 190 lbs. and has dropped 14 pants sizes: his waist went from 50 inches to 36 inches. That’s pretty impressive, although what he did was...
read moreThe Worst Diets Ever
The WebMD site has a nice little article on crash diets, called “The Worst Diets Ever: Diets That Don’t Work.” While it doesn’t call out very many diets by name, it provides a good set of guidelines on how to evaluate a diet program. What does a bad...
read moreThe “No TV” Diet!
Here’s a suggestion for losing weight… Unplug the TV. Or, if you want to live a little more dangerously, pull a “Keith Richards,” and heave it off the balcony (checking first for innocent civilians below), or empty a couple of shells of double-ought buck...
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