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Eating Slowly May Help Weight Control

Nov. 4, 2009 -- Eyeball your food a little longer if you're looking to shed some pounds, because wolfing it down too fast may make you prone to overeat, a new study shows. So savor those aromas, relish the meal's presentation, and don't just dig in like you've got to finish it off in a hurry, resear
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Diet Sodas May Be Hard on the Kidneys

Nov. 2, 2009 -- Diet soda may help keep your calories in check, but drinking two or more diet sodas a day may double your risk of declining kidney function, a new study shows. Women who drank two or more diet sodas a day had a 30% drop in a measure of kidney function during the lengthy study follow-
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Sex May Affect Obesity-Blood Clot Link

Oct. 26, 2009 -- Obesity is a risk factor for blood clots in veins, and that may be especially true for men with big waists and women with big hips. That's according to a new study of the condition, known as venous thromboembolism, published online in Circulation. The study included more than 56,000
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How to Whittle Your Middle -- Even After Menopause

Each month, WebMD the Magazine puts your questions about weight loss and fitness to top exercise and motivational experts. This month, 62-year-old Maria B., a travel consultant and mother of two grown children in New York City, asked for help dealing with her slowing metabolism. Long an active woman
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Body for Life: What Is It?

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Diabetes Drug Promotes Weight Loss

Oct. 22, 2009 -- The injectable diabetes drug liraglutide appears to help obese people who do not have diabetes shed extra pounds, but larger studies are needed to prove its safety and effectiveness for weight loss, researchers say. Liraglutide has been approved for the treatment of type 2 diabetes
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The Fresh Diet

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Eat This, Not That

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Sweet, Sour, Salty ... and Fizzy?

Oct. 15, 2009 -- Carbonated drinks may do more than tickle and fizz; they also trigger taste receptor cells, a new study shows. The study, published in Science, shows that the same taste receptor cells that pick up sour tastes are also activated by carbon dioxide. That finding comes from lab tests d
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How to Cheat on Your Diet and Still Lose Weight

Many of us think that starting a weight loss diet means forsaking the fattening foods we love. No sweets, no cream sauces, no chips, no wine, no fun! But this kind of weight loss plan can actually lead to more cravings, fixating on forbidden foods -- and goals abandoned long before their time. The
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