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HEALTHY teenage girls who mistakenly believe they are fat are twice as likely to become overweight in their twenties, a study has found. Norwegian researchers found that six in ten teenage girls who felt too fat despite being of normal size went on to become overweight in their twenties, compared with three in ten who […]

I’m in London totally immersed in RW’s coverage of the Olympic Games, but I just noticed today’s New York Times Phys Ed column titled “Diet vs Exercise for Weight Loss,” and it’s bothering me a little. I think it amounts to a straw-man argument in positing that we all believe exercise and weight-loss will lead to a higher basal metabolic rate. […]

ALMOST two out of three severely obese children under the age of 12 have at least one risk factor for heart disease, such as high blood pressure or high blood sugar, researchers have said. Dutch researchers found that 62pc of very obese children aged 12 or younger have one or more of the risk factors. The study, […]

SPORTS drinks contain so many calories that they can cancel the good effects of exercise, according to a new study. The study, carried out by researchers at Oxford and Harvard Universities, found that many energy drinks which are marketed towards gym goers are misleading. Researchers explored hundreds of claims used in the marketing of sports […]

Children who increase the number of hours of weekly television they watch between the ages of two and four years old risk larger waistlines by age 10. A Canadian study found that every extra weekly hour watched could add half a millimetre to their waist circumference and reduce muscle fitness. The study, in a BioMed Central journal, […]

The war on obesity will not be won by reducing food intake alone, say researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. In a new article [4], published in the journal Circulation, James O. Hill, Ph.D., and colleagues say that helping people maintain an ideal body weight involves shifting the message from “Eat Less, Move More” to […]

The future of healthy weight loss could involve party platters filled with mini-sandwiches, because people tend to eat less when the food is broken into smaller pieces, according to a new study. Even though it’s nearly impossible to guess the number of jellybeans in a jar, both people and animals use numbers to judge how much […]

You’ve been adhering to a strict healthy eating and fitness plan for a while but are failing to see the results, it may be time take a look at what is sabotaging your success. From dieting blunders to physical factors, check out the top 10 reasons why you’re not losing weight. You overcompensate for exercise Many […]

REGULAR outdoor exercise could halve the risk of suffering from poor mental health, according to a new study. Activities in natural environments such as parks and forests have a positive effect on stress, mood and fatigue, researchers at the University of Glasgow found. The study showed that exercising in “non-natural environments” such as gyms does not protect […]

” Either you run the day or the day runs you !” The statement “no time” is an excuse. if you really want to achieve goals then take control and find the time !!!