weight

from military.about.com

Contrary to popular belief, there is no maximum "weight" to join or stay in the military. "Weight" is not the standard. Body-Fat percentage is. However, it takes more time to measure body-fat than it does to weigh a member. Therefore, each of the services have weight charts that they use to "screen" members.

from exercise.com

In a recent poll, I asked readers to vote on how close they are to their goal weight. This idea got me thinking about ideal weight...that mythical number we all aspire too and that, often, coincides with our goal weight. But is there really such a thing as ideal weight?

from nytimes.com

If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then try to be beheld by a feminist.

from exercise.about.com

If you pay attention to the media and, let's face it, it's almost impossible not to, you're no doubt inundated with images of beautiful celebrities who seem effortlessly thin.

from nytimes.com

Worrying about weighing too much may be bad for you, no matter how much you actually weigh.

from msnbc.com

When it comes to living longer, fitness may trump fatness, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

from wired.com

If there's a sadder commentary on the state of American society, we can't think of it -- we've grown so fat we sink the boats of It's A Small World. According to Miceage, the boats routinely bottom out under the weight of super-sized riders, bringing the popular ride to a grinding -- literally -- halt.

from walking.about.com

A very well-respected medical study has found what I long suspected - your friends' weights often determine your own.

from fitsugar.com

The folks at Fitness, the magazine that is, are savvy to our changing nutritional needs. As we age our bodies and our lifestyles change. Curious if you are meeting the nutritional challenges of your generation? If you're a 20 something here's some food for thought.

from baltimoresun.com

If it really is what's on the inside that counts, then a lot of thin people might be in trouble.

Some doctors now think that the internal fat surrounding vital organs such as the heart, liver or pancreas -- invisible to the naked eye -- could be as dangerous as the more obvious external fat that bulges underneath the skin.

from baltimoresun.com

Most people underestimate the number of calories in fast-food meals, a big problem as portion sizes have ballooned, a new study has found. People make more accurate guesses when the meals are smaller, according to the results of the study being published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

from yahoo.com

WASHINGTON - The gravy train — make that the sausage, biscuits and gravy train — just kept on rolling in most of America last year, with 31 states showing an increase in obesity.

Mississippi continued to lead the way. An estimated 29.5 percent of adults there are considered obese. That's an increase of 1.1 percentage points when compared with last year's report, which is compiled by Trust for America's Health, an advocacy group that promotes increased funding for public health programs.