Health Column
The word is getting out that most Americans are overweight (sometimes referred to as obesity), but a lot of people are still not aware that includes them.
05:07 Feb 20, 2007
Younger children, say, up through elementary school, are so much at the mercy of their environment that it's not practical-or even fair-to make them the focus of the weight-loss effort
03:19 Jan 27, 2007
With two out of three Americans overweight today, it's getting harder to believe that all this extra fat is a simple problem of self-indulgence or poor personal discipline.
04:34 Jan 17, 2007
Do you sometimes feel like food is the enemy? If you're overweight, the odds are high that you view food with deep suspicion.
12:41 Jan 10, 2007
No, not the relatives; the resolutions! As you're making your way through the holiday season, toasting everyone's health and well-being and thinking ahead to next year.
00:20 Dec 2, 2006
Surgical preparation usually includes weight loss and conditioning for the patient immediately before the operation, and then there is a lot of lifestyle and maintenance work.
11:56 Nov 14, 2006
Oh, the festive holiday advertising. It's always some big, jovial gathering of happy people and a resplendent spread of mouthwatering food, from simple salads to sumptuous desserts.
08:20 Nov 10, 2006
You know it's coming. Everywhere you turn, there are sweets and treats and indulgences: next to the checkout register, in the breakroom and on desks at work, and on every end table and countertop at every home you visit.
14:27 Nov 1, 2006
When researchers go looking for trends that might explain the nation's obesity epidemic, most agree on at least one thing: Americans have a drinking problem. Calorie in alcohol is something we all need to watch.
12:29 Oct 13, 2006
Tall and short, dark and light, freckled and tanned, we come in myriad packages with myriad features, most of them determined by our genetics before we ever draw breath.
16:14 Oct 11, 2006
There was a time when doing the housework really meant some hard work, and those day-to-day labors were part of what kept people fit.
09:16 Sep 26, 2006
When it comes to childhood miseries, there is little more tragic than the woe of the overweight child.
02:44 Sep 13, 2006
Ah, the good life. Dining out, shopping for clothes, dining out, shopping for clothes, dining out, shoping for clothes, wait a minute. Is there a pattern here?
10:02 Sep 5, 2006
Typically, the main reasons for wanting to lose weight are to feel better and look better, but the nuances to those motivations are as varied as the people who have them.
03:34 Aug 16, 2006
We've discussed the role parents should take in helping younger children lose weight and develop healthy eating habits, and for parents, managing or supporting a child's weight loss program is never an easy job
17:43 Aug 8, 2006
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