Fun Friday: Staying thin while selling cupcakes

Ever wonder how some people can work at sinful bakeries AND stay thin? Rebecca at Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? finds out how two cupcake store owners do it… too funny! Now I know the trick.

Tags: bakeries, cupcakes, Food & Nutrition, weight

News Nugget: French women DO get fat

Remember the book, French Women Don’t Get Fat? Sadly, things have changed. A new report shows 15.1 percent of France’s women are obese and another 26 percent are overweight. Researchers say the average French person has gained almost 7 pounds over the past 12 years, and part of the reason is a change in eating [...]

Fun Friday: A little goal pretending

Over at Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat?, they are traveling into the future and playing mind games. It’s all about pretending to be at your weight/fitness goal. Why on earth would you do that? Find out here!

Tags: Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat?, fitness, weight

News Nugget: Can podcasts help you lose weight?

The answer, from a new study – it depends. Researchers stress not all weight-loss podcasts are equal, and caution that the programs should be engaging and offer sound diet and exercise advice or they won’t have much benefit. More on the most effective types of podcasts for weight loss here.

Tags: diet, Exercise, podcasts, weight, weight [...]

News Nugget: Too little exercise during pregnancy could mean big babies

Pregnant women may want to get moving. New research finds regular exercise during pregnancy can lower a first time mom’s chances of having an overweight baby. The report shows working out at least three times a week cuts the odds of delivering a newborn that weighs too much (more than 8 pounds, 13 ounces), by [...]

News Nugget: “Wild Things” unleashed to fight childhood obesity

In June, it was all about athletic seals helping to get kids moving. Now, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services hopes characters from the classic “Where the Wild Things Are” can help fight childhood overweight and obesity. You’ll soon see and hear new ads with characters and scenes from the movie, which [...]

News Nugget: Those heavily in debt more likely to be overweight

We’ve talked about how easy it is to put on “recession pounds” during this tough economy. Now, a new report finds people who are badly in debt are more likely to be overweight or obese. Researchers say “overindebted” people – those who can’t pay off debts in a reasonable amount of time – are about [...]

News Nugget: ‘Severe brain degeneration’ in obese people

Just a few months after a report showed obesity may speed up dementia, a new study finds obese people have eight percent less brain tissue and their brains look 16 years older than those of people who are lean. Researchers say those who are classified as overweight have four percent less brain tissue [...]

News Nugget: Severe childhood obesity triples in U.S.

Just a couple of weeks after we get some encouraging news about obesity rates in preschool kids, a new report shows the rate of severe obesity among children and teenagers has more than tripled over the past three decades. The study finds as of 2004, nearly four percent of 2- to 19-year-olds in the U.S. [...]

New Study: Obesity medical costs at $147 billion a year

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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