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Combating Obesity

Combating Obesity by: David Chandler So you ask, " How do I determine if I am Obese, Overweight or fat?" Usually 20% or more over recommendations on standard weight charts indicates that you fit into the obese category. Obesity refers specifical...

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Body Fat Calculation and Health

Body Fat Calculation and HealthThe higher your percentage of fat above average levels, the higher your health risk for weight-related illness, like heart disease, high blood pressure, gallstones, type 2 diabetes, osteoarthritis, and certain cancers....

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Metabolic Bio Typing - Necessary for Everyone

The benefits of finding out your Metabolic Bio Type include:- More robust health and energy- Weight control- Freedom from hunger and cravings between meals- Long term benefits which may include the prevention and/or reversing of disease- Moving your ...

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A History of Weight Watchers

Weight Watchers has been around for a long time. I can remember my mom telling me about the time that she was on Weight Watchers back in the 1970’s. From the description she was able to give to me and from what I was currently hearing about, it was...

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Why Adjustable Dumbells Are Part Of Any Balanced Fitness plan

Dumbbell exercise is a key component of every balancedexercise and fitness regime. Finding the right dumbbellsfor your own specific fitness program is important and thatis why adjustable dumbbells are ideal.Adjustable dumbbells allow you to save spac...

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Weight Loss It's Not Always What You Eat, But What You Don't Eat

Weight loss is a process that many people embark on at some point in their lives. We are constantly bombarded with messages about the latest diet trends and fitness routines that promise quick results. However, weight loss is not always about what yo...

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Weight Loss It's Not Always What You Eat, But What You Don't Eat

On a little island half way in between Guam and the Philippines there is a rampant epidemic affecting the inhabitants. This tiny island of approximately 8,200 people is not afflicted with famine or a deadly disease as you might think when talking abo...

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Ultralight Sleeping Bags

Ultralight Sleeping Bags by: Steve Gillman Why ultralight sleeping bags? Because ultralight backpacking is only made possible by cutting the weight of the "big three;" the backpack, shelter and sleeping bag. The days of five-pound summer bags ar...

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Childhood Obesity in the United States

Obesity in Childhood has developed into a distressful domestic epidemic and has exploded radically. In between 1980 and 1994, the occurrence of childhood obesity rates has almost doubled with as much as 15% of kids and adolescents deemed overweight. ...

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Do Diet Pills Really Work?

Do Diet Pills Really Work? by: Todd Brenner You’ve seen diet pill advertisements… You have read the testimonials claiming diet pills work. You have often wondered - will diet pills work for me? For fast weight loss, diet pills can work. If y...

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