Tag: harvard
group name: weight
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November 12, 2007 01:25 PM EST --
A confession: when I was about thirteen I ordered diet pills through the mail. I can’t recall, or even imagine, how I managed to get a check or money order to buy them. I do remember, though, the . . . more
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February 21, 2008 12:01 PM EST --
New Year's resolutions often serve as great motivators to get us to the gym, but what motivates you after the champagne and party hats are gone? How do you find the motivation to make it to the gym? . . . more
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October 01, 2007 06:07 PM EDT --
Not long ago I drove past a store whose marquee proclaimed: “Everything You Need For Your Low-Carb Lifestyle.” A banner plastered across the marquee announced that the store was having a going . . . more
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October 09, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
Several years ago I participated in a radio program in which I, a physician interested in the health risks associated with obesity, found myself pitted against an author who had recently written a book . . . more
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December 10, 2007 05:54 PM EST --
All that glitters is not healthy So you’re in the supermarket stocking up on supplies for your new weight loss effort. Into the cart go carrots, low fat yogurt, a couple of Lean Cuisines. You . . . more
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November 19, 2007 10:23 AM EST --
I often find it useful in discussions with patients to compare weight management with personal finance. The analogy isn’t perfect—the drive to eat is more complicated and deeply rooted than . . . more
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February 25, 2008 02:30 PM EST --
Years ago in my medical practice I saw a woman in her late forties who was gaining weight despite no change in her diet or exercise. She felt tired and completely disinterested in sex, and she started . . . more
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March 17, 2008 05:23 PM EDT --
Here's a joke my patients seem to like: A guy goes to the doctor, who tells him he has to give up smoking, drinking, and sex. Guy says, "Gee, doc…will that really help me live longer?" . . . more
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December 03, 2007 05:58 PM EST --
I must admit, I always have to laugh when I read those lists of things you’re supposed to do when you’re feeling stressed and the urge to snack hits. “Take a bubble bath” is always . . . more
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January 21, 2008 12:14 PM EST --
A recent study in the Annals of Internal Medicine debunked the long held belief among doctors that obese people underestimate the number of calories they consume. It turns out that the tendency to . . . more
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February 11, 2008 03:50 PM EST --
Have you heard of the book French Women Don't Get Fat ? Apparently French women stay thin by lingering over three hour lunches, eating morsels of triple cream cheese washed down by lots of red wine . . . more
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March 24, 2008 10:16 AM EDT --
Believe it or not, the brief exposure to nutrition I received in medical school in the early 1980s focused almost entirely on vitamin deficiencies. We medical students learned about scurvy and rickets, . . . more
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March 03, 2008 11:42 AM EST --
The leader of a workshop offered by the program Overcoming Overeating asked participants to imagine moving to a planet where their weight would never change, never go up or down. Would they still bother . . . more
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February 29, 2008 05:19 PM EST --
Thank you to everyone who participated in the What Motivates You to Hit the Gym? Tell Us, and Win a Free Book! article! We all know how difficult it is to find the motivation for exercising so I know . . . more
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May 05, 2008 01:12 PM EDT --
For generations now, many anxious new parents have been calmed by the first sentence of Dr. Benjamin Spock's classic Baby and Child Care : "You know more than you think you do." Much of . . . more
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March 10, 2008 04:34 PM EDT --
Of all the many things people do to try and lose weight, consuming artificially sweetened soft drinks is probably the most common. A huge chunk of the over 40 billion dollars Americans spend annually . . . more
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October 22, 2007 10:19 AM EDT --
Once upon a time, weight and health were not talked about in the same breath—or even the same drag of a cigarette. In fact, smoking—the mother of all bad health habits—was once thought . . . more
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February 18, 2008 01:28 PM EST --
Think of an accomplishment or endeavor of which you are particularly proud. Are you a great mom? A whiz at picking stocks? An amazing tennis player? Chances are you approach this particular activity with . . . more
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October 15, 2007 01:28 PM EDT --
Sometimes the more we learn about obesity and weight loss, the less we feel we know about it. No wonder: the topic is a minefield of paradox and contradiction. On the one hand, there’s strong evidence . . . more
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June 02, 2008 11:53 AM EDT --
Remember that old joke: "the operation was a success, but the patient died"? There are many times when a doctor thinks things are going well but the patient has, shall we say, a different perspective. . . . more
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