The obesity epidemic seems to be taking an especially hard toll on blacks. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds nearly 36-percent of black Americans are obese compared to about 29 percent of Hispanics and 24 percent of whites. Obesity rates were 40-percent or greater among blacks in five states [...]

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Even though you want to lose weight or maintain it to be healthy… do you have any vanity reasons too? Maybe a belted tucked-in waist vanity like over at Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? Or something else?

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Is stepping on the scale regularly a good idea for teens? A new study says teenagers who weigh-in on a regular basis may be more likely than their peers to take healthy steps to control their weight. The findings go against results from an earlier study of teenage girls that linked regular weight checks to [...]

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If you’re obese when you’re pregnant, you really have to watch that scale. New guidelines from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council say obese moms-to-be should limit their weight gain during pregnancy to between 11 and 20 pounds, both for their health and for the health of their baby. That’s about half [...]

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Is it easier to drop a stone than to drop a pound? See what they’re saying about that over at Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? Guaranteed to make you smile. Happy Weekend everyone!

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The obesity problem in Australia has gotten so bad, the country is now considering government-funded lap-band surgery to help turn things around. The plan would have taxpayers pick up the tab for the surgery, which involves attaching a band around the entrance to the stomach so patients feel full after eating only a little food. [...]

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It’s no secret that obesity rates are up in this country. But when I see how much we used to weigh 40 years ago compared to what we weigh now, it still amazes me. Check out the weigh we were…

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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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Just because a hospital gets labeled as a bariatric “center of excellence” doesn’t mean it has the best treatment out there. New research finds it could still have just as many deaths and complications from the weight-loss procedure as other hospitals. And researchers say the extra cost and effort hospitals have to go through to [...]

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