weight control

from exercise.about.com

You might want to stand up while you read this, especially when you find out what some scientists have discovered about sitting.

from msnbc.com

Maybe you CAN blame being fat on your genes. But there's a way to overcome that family history — just get three to four hours of moderate activity a day.

from diet-blog.com

Most people never experience the healthy sensation of feeling hungry. Most of us keep eating to avoid hunger! But actually, feeling hungry is healthy. It directs your body to consume the amount of calories it requires for optimal health and ideal bodyweight.

Hunger, in the true sense of the word, indicates to us that it is time to eat again.

from exercise.about.com

If you're off to college this year, you've probably heard about the Freshman 15 - 15 referring to the number of pounds new students often gain their first year of college. The average weight gain is actually between 5 and 10 lbs, but the weight tends to stick around long after freshman year.

from forbes.com

When you think about aging well, wrinkle creams, exercise programs and even plastic surgery probably come to mind. But if you really want to make sure you're able to enjoy those later years, experts say you've also got to know something about fine-tuning your diet.

from thatsfit.com

There are some diet gimmicks that just don't seem worth it. Such as? Well, the Tapeworm diet comes to mind. And the baked bean diet. Not to mention using leeches to detox.

Here's another one: Superstar singer Fergie (real name: Stacy Ferguson) says she does shots of vinegar. Why would she do something so heinous?

from reuters.com

The size of an aging man's belly and the bulk of his biceps provide a more accurate picture of his mortality risk than body mass index (BMI) alone, UK researchers have shown.

from wsj.com

Before Uly Vlamides sits down to dinner on Thanksgiving, he will lace up his sneakers and run his 40th straight Dallas YMCA Turkey Trot.

from thatsfit.com

Have a little bit of everything you like, but not too much of anything.

Enjoy your family, friends and some of the food that you like.

from walking.about.com

Walking at a moderate pace for 30-60 minutes burns stored fat and can build muscle to speed up your metabolism.

from thatsfit.com

Chances are you've tried several methods for dropping pounds, from diet changes to exercise. While a temporary loss of weight may be your goal, wouldn't it be nice to have permanent weight loss after all that effort?

from womens-health-fitness.com

Most Fat Burners Are A Gigantic Fat Loss Failure. Here's Your Concise, Accurate & Unbiased Guide To Fat Burners.

With fat burners there's always lots of different so called research papers and studies that come out every year that make some new fat burners appear like the greatest phenomenon for weight loss that's ever been invented.

But more often than not it turns out to be a gigantic failure to the typical person who tries it.

from reuters.com

Health experts on Friday dismissed claims that a new green tea-based drink that claims to burn calories by speeding up the drinker's metabolic rate would help people lose weight.

Beverage giant Coca-Cola Co. unveiled plans on Thursday to start selling Enviga, a sparkling, caffeinated soft drink, claiming that consuming three 12-ounce cans over 24 hours could burn off between 60 to 100 calories.

from forbes.com

Doug Cohn, senior vice president of video promotion and production at Atlantic Records in New York, knows that well. Cohn was heavy as a child, but turned things around when he got to college, changing his eating habits and losing a substantial amount of weight.

The pounds became difficult to keep off as he rose in the corporate ranks. A packed schedule, business travel and frequent lunch meetings all conspired against his weight. So Cohn turned to a nutritionist, who helped him figure out creative ways to eat better--starting with those lunches.

from reuters.com

New research indicates that an extract from the Korean pine nut could be effective in treating obesity by suppressing the appetite, an expert on obesity said on Friday.

"We have a lot of new drugs that are in the pipeline and this is very encouraging," said Denise E. Bruner, an obesity expert from the United States.

She said U.S. research showed that pinolenic acid extracted from Korean pine nut could dampen the appetite.