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Valentine's Day is usually a time for flowers and candy, but according to MedlinePlus, it's also a day when approximately 2,800 people-parents, aunts, friends, siblings, uncles, cousins, children and grandparents-will suffer a heart attack. Of these, nearly 1,400 will die-leaving a tragic trail of…
Consumer credit card debt soared in the last quarter of 2011, climbing to nearly $16,000 per family. In running up this tab, consumers seem to have resumed the habit of borrowing from tomorrow's wealth to meet today's wants and desires.
If one of your New Year's resolutions is to lose weight, what can you eat that will help you trim down? Here's a list of 25 foods you can enjoy guilt free knowing that they are packed with nutrition and light on calories:
A common question for individuals starting out on their quest for fitness is whether to focus on eating or exercise. Would it be better to establish healthier eating habits and then add the habit of exercise? Or begin with exercise and work on nutrition later?
If you've read any quotes by Sydney J. Harris, you know how accurately he describes and distills the essence of human behavior, particularly when it comes to making changes.
We are in the middle of one of the most dangerous seasons for overeating. The onset of winter, combined with back-to-back holidays, provides endless temptations. Dr. Holly Hull, a researcher at the University of Oklahoma who studies holiday weight gain, affirms our own experience: during the next…
If your New Year's resolutions include weight loss, consider joining the AARP Fat 2 Fit online community. A research team, coordinated by Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, found that the "accountability that comes with group participation can be instrumental in successful weight loss."…
Don't we all know someone who had lost 30 pounds, swore to never regain the weight and then regained that much and more? Or someone who had exercised regularly, suffered an injury and then became a weight-gaining couch potato?
All of us are vulnerable to irresistible urges to eat a particularly fattening or unhealthy food. My downfall is a craving for sugar late in the afternoon when both my energy and spirits sag.
Losing weight is daunting for most of us. And when we are unaware of hidden booby traps, the task is even more challenging.