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Working Out Or Eating Healthy With A Partner Delivers 95 Percent Success Rate
Developing – and sticking to – healthy habits can be challenging, especially while dealing with or recovering from an eating disorder. But a new study shows that going at it with a friend can increase your success rate to an almost no-fail status. ExerciseFriends study ExerciseFriends.com conducted a study to analyze the habits of 25 …
Understanding Night Eating Syndrome
Night eating syndrome affects about one or two people per one hundred people. People who suffer from night eating syndrome usually begin eating about eight o’clock in the evening. The average night eater has only eaten about one third of their daily calorie intake for the day by six in the evening. Night Eating Syndrome …
‘Bigorexia’ In Men Tied To Self Image, Not Sexuality, Research Finds
“Bigorexia,” an obsession with the idea of becoming more muscular, is on the rise in men — but researchers still know too little about the problem. Results from recent research from the University of Sydney and the Australian National University, however, may shed some light on the issue. Using a questionnaire, researchers attempted to identify …
Those That Prefer Fatty Foods May Be Genetically Predisposed
Scientist have discovered that people who have special forms of the gene CD36, may prefer high fat foods more than those who do not have the same set of gene forms. Researchers say this may explain why some people struggle to stay on low fat diets. The findings may also help clinicians personally select diets …
First Lady Michelle Obama – Obesity Fight Begins At Home
First Lady Michelle Obama’s campaign against childhood obesity took a personal turn when she said, “She is paying more attention to a key body fat measurement for her own daughters.” The first lady was surprised to learn that her own daughter’s BMI (Body Mass Index) was crawling upwards and she did not know what BMI …
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This Is Only A Test!
The Emergency Broadcast System was established to provide the President of the United States with an expeditious method of communicating with the American public in the event of war, threat of war, or grave national crisis. The test was designed for the FCC and broadcasters to verify the EBS tone transmitters and decoders were functioning …
What Are The Qualities Of A Successful Florida Entrepreneur?
For the lucky few, gladly owning a business may run in their veins yet for essentially the most who’re essentially normal people with an extreme need to start a business you could call your own, then, watchful investigation and additional time on discovering the nature and standards of entrepreneurship is an unquestionable requirement. Then again, …
Anorexia Means Trouble
As a kid, I hated to be in trouble. I remember how often I started to cry whenever I was caught doing something I knew I shouldn’t have done. Like the time that my girlfriends and I were caught in the school’s bathroom during a breakfast break by our principal who was anything but pleasant …
Intuitive Eating
This article highlights the findings of a study done on intuitive eating. The main topics analyzed include intuitive eating among young adults according to their socio-demographic characteristics and BMI. Plus the association between intuitive and disorder eating. The study concluded that those who practiced intuitive eating actually tended to weigh less then those who restrict …
Sweet Little Lies
If you have an eating disorder, you’re a liar. I know it – I was one, too. having an eating disorder means a constant process of lying all of the time. 24/7. First, you lie to yourself. We lie to ourselves to make it seem as if it isn’t a big deal, that we’re in …