This is sparking quite the debate among doctors (and many other people) — ABC News has the story of a 12-year-old girl who had liposuction after struggling with her weight for years. At 5-foot-5, Brooke Bates weighed 220 pounds. She says she tried many diets, but none of them seemed to help. Doctors classified her [...]

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Just yesterday, we were talking about how more Americans are reaching for cheaper, more fattening foods in this down economy. Now, a new survey from the online jobs site, CareerBuilder.com, shows one in 10 U.S. workers are snacking more during the day because they’re concerned about the recession, and nearly half complained that they were [...]

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Is the bad economy making us fat? Dr. Mitchell Roslin, chief of obesity surgery at New York’s Lenox Hill Hospital, tells Newsweek, as people eat cheaper, more fattening foods, they are so concerned trying to make ends meet that they are not thinking about how it’s going to hurt their health in the future. He [...]

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You’ve probably heard that portions have gotten bigger over the years, but do you know how much bigger? Check out some of these popular foods and see how different things were 20 years ago than they are now.

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Yes, there’s yet another salmonella problem – this time in alfalfa sprouts. The Food and Drug Administration is warning us not to eat raw alfalfa sprouts because they may be contaminated with salmonella. The FDA says the contamination seems to be in the seeds. So far, 31 people have gotten sick in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, [...]

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Once upon a time, there was a thriving Healthy Recipes Exchange here at FatFighterTV – a place where all of you could share your favorite healthy recipes with each other. Then… I let it turn into a ghost kitchen – so sorry. But now, it’s time to revive it! And to celebrate, I’m giving away [...]

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Congrats to FatFighterTV member – HollyOU – for winning last week’s giveaway for this Gypsystyle yoga mat bag. Enjoy!

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It never fails – every time I go on vacation I come back with a few extra pounds! So, I was excited to find some fantastic ways to deny the inevitable vacay weight gain over at Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? See, it may not be extra weight, after all.

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Last summer, New York City was the first city in the country to go trans-fat-free. Then it posted calories on menus. Now, NYC’s health department is taking on salt. City officials are meeting with food makers and restaurants to talk about cutting down the amount of salt in common foods like soup, pasta sauce, salad [...]

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