Start your meal light. A clear or light soup, shrimp cocktail, or a salad with nonfat dressing fills you up and takes time to eat. They help take the edge off your appetite reduce the amount of calories eaten at a meal. … Read More
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Weight Control
Sixty-seven percent of Americans almost always finish the restaurant portions they are served. Men are 4 times more likely to eat everything and restaurant portions are huge, denser in calories, and higher in fat and sodium. Just knowing restaurant meals can be a problem is the first step toward solving it. You don’t have to … Read More
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Humans are programmed through evolution to respond to day and night cycles. We eat and are active during daylight and we rest and sleep in darkness. There is a molecular basis for these rythms and a group of genes called the circadian clock regulates our 24-hour, day/night cycles. Obese individuals often eat at irregular times … Read More
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When it comes to your health size does matter. For men, if your waist measures more than 40 inches (for women 38 inches) you are at greater risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and other serious health problems. … Read More
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Set your exercise goal. • To improve health = 30 minutes of brisk walking most days of the week. • To lose weight = 60 minutes of exercise most days of the week. • To maintain weight loss = 60 to 90 minutes of walking every day of the week. … Read More
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We’re a country of snackers and everywhere you turn there is an opportunity to eat – the newsstand, local deli, quick service restaurant, coffee shop, gas station, and even the drugstore has candy right near the register. An entire segment of the food industry has emerged to feed our snacking behavior with an endless array … Read More
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Exercise preserves muscle during weight loss. When older individuals diet without exercise they lose too much muscle which can interfere with balance and the ability to take care of themselves. … Read More
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Over a half billion adults worldwide weigh too much; 205 million men and 297 million women. A major study, published in Lancet gathered an enormous amount of data from countries throughout the world. The results show that obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol are worldwide problems. And, as populations age the problems will get … Read More
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Super sizing your meal may super size you. Large, value meals add extra calories, fat and sodium you don’t need. … Read More
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Food journals work. People who keep track of what they eat are less likely to overeat and more likely to make healthy lifestyle changes. … Read More
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