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181. Obesity in African-American Women Boosts Risk of Death
     

     Sept. 7, 2011 -- Overweight and obesity in African-American women increases their risk of death, especially from heart disease, according to a new study. "We have now found in African-American women what has been found in other populations -- that the risk of death goes up incrementally with increas

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182. Sugary Drink Habit Is Widespread in U.S.
     

     Aug. 31, 2011 -- Half of the U.S. population age 2 or older indulges in sugary drinks on any given day, new research finds. "Men drink more than women, and teens and young adults drink the most," says Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD. Ogden is an epidemiologist at the CDC's National Center for Health Statistic

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183. Healthy Frozen Dinners: 20 Picks
     

     No time to cook? No worries. Just stroll down the frozen food aisle and choose from mouth-watering entrees such as chicken Florentine, roasted beef merlot, and pumpkin squash ravioli, which can be ready in minutes. It's no surprise frozen dinners are popular. They're fast, convenient, inexpensive, e

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184. 10 Tips for Losing 100 Pounds
     

     If you've got 100 pounds or more to lose, chances are you've already been on numerous diets and exercise programs, without long-term success. So, the standard advice -- eat less, exercise more, and don't give up -- just isn't enough. WebMD polled weight loss experts -- as well as men and women who h

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185. Better Way to Predict Weight Loss?
     

     Aug. 25, 2011 -- If you’ve ever been on a diet, chances are you know the 3,500-calorie rule: Since there are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat, you have to eat 500 fewer calories a day to lose a pound a week. But researchers now say the formula is wrong because it fails to account for a slowing metab

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186. Report: 164 Million Obese Adults by 2030
     

     Aug. 25, 2011 -- Half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030 if current trends continue, a new report shows. About one in three adults in the U.S. are obese today. That figure will rise to half of American adults by 2030 if little is done to address the obesity epidemic, Columbia University researcher

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187. Study: Obese People Live as Long as Slimmer People
     

     Aug. 16, 2011 -- Obese people who are otherwise healthy live as long as normal-weight people, new research from Canada suggests. Some obese but healthy people actually are less likely to die of heart problems than normal-weight people who have some medical conditions, the researchers found. "You sho

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188. Tool Helps Decide When to Get Weight Loss Surgery
     

     Aug. 15, 2011 -- Researchers are testing a new tool that helps doctors figure out which overweight and obese patients are most in need of medical treatment and which are likely to remain healthy, even at very large sizes. The tool, called the Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS), was developed by

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189. Three Ways to Cook Salmon
     

     Celtic myth tells the tale of Fionn MacCumhaill, a poet's apprentice who absorbed all the wisdom of the world by eating just a drop of oil from a special salmon. Turns out Fionn was on to something: We're all wise to eat salmon -- especially that marvelous fish oil. Vibrantly colored, tenderly textu

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190. How I Learned to Love Mushrooms
     

     Mushrooms. Candice Opper, a 32-year-old student at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, grew up thinking of them as slippery little stealth bombs with a funky taste and flabby texture, hidden in everything from her dad's canned spaghetti sauce to her mom's tuna noodle casserole. Even worse w

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