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Gov't Seeks to Limit Junk Food Ads to Kids

Apr 27th 2011 – 11:43PM
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WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is planning to ask food companies and restaurants to cut back on advertising unhealthy foods to children. Under guidelines obtained by The Associated Press, companies would be urged only to market foods to children ages 2 through 17 if they are low in fats, sugars and sodium and...

17 Day Diet: Fast or Fake? [VIDEO]

Apr 8th 2011 – 1:32PM
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Drinking Tea Helps Weight Loss, Study Shows

Mar 28th 2011 – 11:34AM
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Forget the latest diet and exercise trends. The secret to burning fat might be as simple as sitting down with a nice cup of tea. Tea contains high levels of compounds that combat the absorption of fat, Japanese scientists have found. These compounds, called theaflavins and thearubigins, stopped weight gain when given to...

Stomach Pacemaker Could Help Obese Lose Weight

Mar 3rd 2011 – 9:28AM

LONDON -- Patrick Hetzner tried diets and exercise, just about everything short of stomach stapling to lose weight. Nothing worked. Five months ago he tried something new: a stomach pacemaker that curbed his appetite. Since having it implanted, Hetzner, a 20-year-old Munich mailman, has knocked off more than 22 pounds...

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Jessica Simpson Weight-Loss Plan: New Mom Reveals How She'll Slim Down Post-Pregnancy

May 31st 2012 - 10:53AM

It's only been four weeks since Jessica Simpson gave birth to her nearly 10-pound baby , Maxwell Drew -- but the singer is already plotting her post-pregnancy slim-down!

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Chander Lost More Than 70 Pounds: 'I'm A Fitness Freak!'

May 31st 2012 - 10:38AM

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Time to Motivate - BE SPECIFIC... from The Reinvention Exchange

May 31st 2012 - 10:30AM

So you've been thinking, contemplating, ideating, saying you're going to make that one little change or that huge leap, but it's just noise in your head.

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New York City Plans to Ban Sale of Large Sugary Drinks

May 31st 2012 - 09:48AM

In a national first, New York City plans to ban the sale of large sugary drinks.

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The Road to Transformation: 7 Steps to a Healthy Weight Loss Journey

May 31st 2012 - 08:52AM

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Nutrition News From the Web

  • 05/31/12 X5Fitness.com Releases Weight Loss Journal – Your... Source: PRWeb Poway, CA (PRWEB) May 31, 2012 X5 Fitness, a private personal training studio in San Diego, CA releases Weight Loss Journal – A Magic Key to Long -Term Weight Loss Video Series.
  • 05/31/12 10 Healthy Foods You Should Eat Daily Source: PRWeb Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) May 31, 2012 In a country riddled with obesity, diabetes and other weight-related issues, Americans are beginning to realize something has got to change: their diets.
  • 05/31/12 Infant 'smarts' similar with different types of formula Source: NBC - WALB News 10 - Albany GA Babies who are fed soy formula do as well as babies drinking cow's milk formula on tests of mental ability in the first year of life, a new study finds.
  • 05/31/12 New York City to ban big sodas from restaurants, food... Source: NBC - KPRC-TV Local 2 - Houston TX New York City is poised to ban the sale of large-sized sodas and other sugary beverages in an effort to combat rising obesity rates, a city official said Thursday.
  • 05/31/12 Could exercise be unhealthy for some people? Source: FOX - KDSM 17 - Des Moines IA New research suggests a radical idea – that in some cases, exercise could actually be bad for healthy people, the New York Times reported.

Background on Nutrition

Nutrition (also called nourishment or aliment) is the provision, to cells and organisms, of the materials necessary (in the form of food) to support life.

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