Topic: Obesity
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Trainer Kim Lyons already had a decade of fitness experience behind her but she says the lessons she learned while working on a reality TV show shaped her professional philosophy.Before joining "The Biggest Loser," a TV show in ...
Every lunchtime at a McDonald's on the corner of one of central New Delhi's biggest streets, queues of hungry young patrons, often four-wide and unruly, snake towards the counters.The majority of those standing in line are under 30, most are in Western ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The percentage of Americans of "normal weight" has slightly increased in the past year, but overweight and obese people still command a solid majority, according to a new study.In the third quarter of 2011, 36.6 percent of Americans were ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The percentage of Americans of "normal weight" has slightly increased in the past year, but overweight and obese people still command a solid majority, according to a new study.In the third quarter of 2011, 36.6 percent of Americans were ...
The percentage of Americans who are overweight or obese fell slightly in the third quarter of this year, but they still make up a majority of the population, a Gallup poll showed Friday.Some 36.6 percent were a normal weight, up a percentage ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some Americans are losing weight resulting in more people of "normal weight," according to a new study, but it is not clear if the trend will last.The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index found that for the first time in three years ...
Been to a buffet lately? Or how about the buffet of buffets?Las Vegas is famous for 24-hour buffets, as well as fine dining, so it might come as no surprise that we're close to the top of another list: America's 20 Most ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Diet changes, exercise and other behavioral tactics do help obese adults shed some pounds -- with or without the help of medication, according to a study published Monday.In the new review, of 58 clinical trials, researchers found ...
(Reuters) - Speculation that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will enter the U.S. presidential race has led to a feverish debate about the possibility of having the fattest man in the White House since the corpulent William Howard Taft squeezed behind the ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Thin people may be able to summon more mental defenses to resist tempting, high-calorie foods than obese people, researchers said on Monday.Brain scans of thin people who looked at pictures of high-calorie foods showed increased activity in a region ...
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