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Free diet plans and weight loss programs

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Here is a website dedicated to Free Diet Plans and Weight Loss Programs. It has a ton of articles and several calculators (BMI, caloric requirements, etc.).

Obesity affects appetite

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Obesity leads to destruction of appetite suppression system:
What was found was that high levels of leptin in a body—as would be found in severely overweight people—can lead to a leptin resistance in the brain. This in turn, leads to the body to stop responding to the hormone’s appetite suppressing effect. In essence, by becoming overly […]

Dieting and teenages don’t mix

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

Diets an unhealthy fix for teen weight concerns - CNN.com:
Teens who go on diets to drop some pounds are more likely to skip breakfast and binge eat — which may at least partly explain why they put on more weight over time than their peers who don’t diet, a new study shows.

Basically, if you are […]

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