613 articles on "weight"

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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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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Choosing Steelhead Gear

Choosing Steelhead Gear by: Cameron Larsen Steelhead Gear Like many things in fly fishing you can ask 10 different fly anglers a single question and you’ll get 10 different answers. Asking what steelhead rod one should use for fly fishing is n...

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Overweight Less Risky Than Previously Thought

Overweight Less Risky Than Previously Thought by: David Liu A U.S. study, in no way to promote being overweight, found that the people who are slightly overweight actually have a slightly less risk of death. The study was based the data from thr...

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Nutrition for a Healthy Lifestyle

Nutrition is the foundation of a healthy lifestyle. It is essential to maintaining good health and preventing the onset of various diseases. The food that we consume fuels our body and provides us with the necessary nutrients, vitamins, minerals, and...

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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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How To Avoid Common Diet Scams

As our country gains weight at an alarming rate, we are spending more each year on products that promise us easy, effortless weight loss. Each year in the United States, an estimated 35 billion dollars is spent each year on weight loss products. The ...

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Does It Matter If You Are Overweight?

Obesity has become a major health issue in modern times. With sedentary lifestyles becoming the norm and fast food outlets popping up everywhere, people are consuming more calories and leading more inactive lives - the perfect recipe for gaining exce...

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Carry On Luggage Size - Know The Rules!

Carry On Luggage Size - Know The Rules! by: Tara Pearce You’re going on a trip, and need luggage. Did you consider your carry on luggage size? It’s important to know what’s allowed and what isn’t. Obviously verify with your airline, but ...

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Obesity in Children: Low Fat Diets or Eating According to the Glycemic Index Food Chart?

A growing concern among many western cultures is the growing prevalence in overweight and obese children. In fact, the problem has gotten so serious that in both America and the UK, the governments have endeavoured to take direct action to try and st...

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