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FIT FRIDAY: Smartphone apps that will help you lose weight
WDBJ7 ReporterThey're out there. Free smartphone applications to help you drop some weight. For many of us, it might be hard to fathom that a phone could help you get fit, but I'm a believer. There are several apps that use GPS to track your runs. Nike running...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Personal Data Collection, Interior Policy
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The weight loss debate: Do men really shed pounds faster than women?
marieg@herald-mail.comYou've been working hard to lose weight — following your diet to the letter, battling through food temptations and putting in extra time each day on the treadmill. But your husband, who is following the same routine, is shedding the pounds more...Tags: Golf, Weight, Biology, Overweight, Genetics
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The skinny on fasting
First, a couple of definitions: Intermittent fasting is when you eat your regular, fairly sensible way, say five days a week, and then take in only about 600 calories a day for the remaining two days. Calorie restriction is living on fewer than the...
Tags: Medical Research, Physical Conditions, Overweight, Breast Cancer, Stroke
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Seeking to outmuscle frailty
The Philadelphia InquirerIt was 8 a.m., and 86-year-old Allan Ford had delayed his breakfast to help researchers at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania figure out whether a hormone called ghrelin can combat frailty -- a combination of muscle loss and fatigue -- in...Tags: Medical Research, Physical Conditions, Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, Breast Cancer
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The Akron Beacon Journal Jewell Cardwell column
The Akron Beacon JournalMajor kudos to Glitzy Finds, an upscale women's Fairlawn consignment boutique, which has settled on a super creative way to introduce its customers to the important work of nonprofits. Susan Labbato, owner of the 5-year-old business, has tapped three...Tags: Newspaper and Magazine, Teaching and Learning, Hospitals and Clinics, Weight, Students
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'Biggest Loser' icon promises to change lives
Jillian Michaels has just 15 minutes to spare for a phone interview from her California home before embarking on a 35-city, 45-day national speaking tour that will touch down in Newport News on Friday, April 26. The tour starts and ends in Canada with...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, NBC (tv network), The Biggest Loser (tv program), Health Treatments, Ferguson Center for the Arts
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Shouldering a heavy burden
Odessa American, TexasThey had questions. They sought advice. Some needed support. The dozen people that sat at the tables inside the east campus auditorium of Odessa Regional Medical Center were firing off one question and piece of advice after another during one of their...Tags: Symptoms, Weight, High Blood Pressure, Body Mass Index, Diabetes
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Area women gather for Girls Night Out in Carlisle
The Sentinel, Carlisle, Pa.Kenpo karate instructor Suk Yee Smith prodded the crowed for several minutes before anyone would take a shot at her, but it proved easy for Carlisle Chamber of Commerce President Michelle Crowley. In a split second she slapped out of Smith's chokehold and...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Weight, High Blood Pressure, Breast Cancer, Abusive Behavior
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Can bariatric surgery control diabetes?
Premium Health News ServiceQ. I've heard bariatric surgery can reduce type 2 diabetes. How about type 1? A. People who are obese are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. People who are obese and already have type 2 diabetes find it easier to control their diabetes if they...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Diseases and Illnesses, Weight, Diabetes, Weight Loss Surgery
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EatingWell: 6 convincing reasons you should keep carbs in your diet
Premium Health News ServiceMany people avoid eating carbs. The reasoning? "They make you fat." Thanks to Atkins and other fad diets, you may be tempted to skip carbs as part of your weight-loss plan. Of course, if eaten in unnecessarily large quantities, carbohydrates could...Tags: Medical Research, Newspaper and Magazine, Internists, Dietary Fiber, Weight
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Workplaces can be good weight-loss sites, researchers say
Weight-loss programs at work can help people shave pounds and keep them off, researchers said in a new report. Among the people who signed up for a six-month program at two Boston-area workplaces, the average weight loss was more than 17 pounds; among...
Tags: Medical Research, Weight, Massachusetts General Hospital, Overweight, High Blood Pressure
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Plus-size exercisers find comfort in gym class for obese
Gyms can be intimidating. All those beautiful people, hard-core exercisers, pushy salespeople and that complicated equipment can send the average mortal running right back to the couch. But for those who bring with them an extra 100 pounds, gyms are...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Winter Springs, Weight, Overweight, Winter Park
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