Dieting art for your Friday fun!

Looking for a good laugh to end your week? Our friends over at Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? have just what you need! Have a few giggles with the Diet Art Slide Show. Enjoy!

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News Nugget: Do fast-food restaurants increase stroke risk?

Does living near a lot of fast food restaurants increase your chances of having a stroke? New research from the University of Michigan finds the risk of stroke in a neighborhood increased by one percent for every fast-food restaurant in the area. Researchers say they don’t know whether the food itself actually increased the risk [...]

New Report: Obesity rates triple among young adults

Obesity rates are staggering in this country. About 30 years ago, eight-percent of young adults (aged 18-29) in the U.S. were obese. Now it’s three times as high – 24-percent. That’s the latest from a new report just out from the National Center for Health Statistics.

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News Nugget: Is your cookbook making you fat?

Think those classic cookbooks stay the same over the years? Actually, they’re serving up more calories. A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine looked at how classic recipes in cookbooks like Joy of Cooking have changed during the past 70 years. It finds a nearly 40 percent increase in calories per serving for [...]

News Nugget: Americans not sure which foods have trans fats

You probably know you should avoid artery-clogging trans fats. But do you know where they lurk? A new report finds out of 1,000 U.S. adults surveyed in 2007, 92 percent said they had heard of trans fats, and most knew they may raise the risk of heart disease. But when they were asked to name [...]

How to talk to your kids about obesity

You’ve heard how devastating the effects of obesity can be on your child’s health. Headlines like these seem to be growing:

Obese kids have middle-aged arteries
Some teens so heavy, they need liver transplants
Obesity epidemic hits toddlers

Of course, you don’t want your kids’ weight to take its toll on their health. But talking to them about obesity [...]

New Report: Calories on menus influencing diners’ choices

Does having the calorie counts on menus really make a difference to diners? A new report says it does. The survey – from food service consultants, Technomic – shows the requirement for New York City restaurants to post calories on menus is affecting what people order and which restaurants they visit.

Tags: calories, Food & Nutrition, [...]

How to build a protein bar – and win your very own 12-pack

[Disclosure: I received a complimentary sample of this product. I only post giveaways about products I honestly like, or those I think FatFighterTV members would enjoy.]
Did you know you can design your very own protein bar… then have someone else make it for you? Nice, huh? I just found out about this very cool website, [...]

5 ways to get healthier in 5 minutes

Are you making yourself sick just thinking about finding the time to be healthier? Surely you can spare five minutes here and there, right? Here are five quick ways to get you on your way to better health.

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Birthday Giveaways winners!

Thanks to everyone for all the great comments last week during the It’s my birthday week but it’s all about YOU giveaways! It was fun and interesting reading them all and getting to know you a little better. Here is a list of all the winners and their prizes. Congrats!

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