Ever nibble before you eat? You know, like while you’re making dinner? Check out Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? for some tips to get you through the Cooking Dinner Danger Zone. You’ll get some new ideas. Promise.

Tags: dinner, Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat?, eating, Food & Nutrition

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Do you workout to feel good or to look good? A new survey finds most dedicated fit people exercise for their health, rather than for their looks…  and they want to stay healthy for themselves and for their loved ones. Results also show, even the tough economy has not kept active people from skimping on [...]

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How hard do you exercise?
A) At a moderate level
B) Vigorously
C) Have no idea how to measure exercise intensity
You may have seen exercise guidelines like these that say you should be active for two and a half hours a week at a moderate level… or to workout vigorously for one hour and 15 minutes a week. [...]

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Childhood obesity was front and center on Day 2 of the CDC’s conference on obesity prevention and control, The Weight of the Nation. HHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius, spoke at today’s meeting and said a national focus on childhood obesity is overdue.

Tags: childhood obesity, healthy food, obesity, Sebelius

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Unilever – the maker of soft margarines like I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter and Shedd’s Spread Country Crock – says it plans to remove all partially hydrogenated oils – artificial trans fats – from its soft-spread brands. The change will begin next month and be done by the second quarter of 2010.
Why are trans [...]

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As a longtime health journalist, I was invited to go to the CDC’s conference on obesity prevention and control, The Weight of the Nation, this week in DC. I couldn’t make it, but will, of course, bring you some of the highlights.

Tags: CDC, cost, diseases, obesity, Obesity Epidemic, weight

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[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.]
She says a dream pair of jeans can be a great motivator for losing weight and keeping it off. Kami Gray went down six sizes in her jeans and shares [...]

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Congrats to FatFighterTV member – Teresa E – for winning last week’s giveaway for The Masala Bhangra Workout, Back 2 Bollywood DVD. Enjoy!

Tags: Back to Bollywood, Exercise, fitness, Masala Bhangra, winner, workout

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Ah, Bumpits – You know, those little things you put in your hair to make it go “from flat to fabulous”… brilliant, really. But how on earth can they make you look thinner? The gals over at Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? have it all figured out right here!

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Some encouraging news about obesity rates in children. A new government report finds obesity has stabilized in the past five years at about one in seven preschool-age children. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 14.6 percent of 2- to 4-year-olds were obese in 2008, about the same as in 2003 – that’s compared [...]

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