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To Keep Weight Off, Don’t Fall For Fad Diet Myths

July 21, 2010 Read the full article →

Weight-loss talk is heard too often these days. If there’s a new fad diet going around, you hear about it and its so-called “successes.” • Weight-loss success ought to be defined not by how much weight has been lost, but by how long the weight loss is maintained. • People who have had long-term success [...]

I See Myself as Fat But Others Don’t

June 22, 2010 Read the full article →

Warning Signs of Body Image Distortion There are people who insist that they are overweight when others continually tell them that they’re not. They see fat where others don’t. Who’s right? Everyone distorts her body size to some extent. After all, people can only look at themselves from within or through a mirror. They can [...]

Food Addiction: Fact or Fiction

May 4, 2009 Read the full article →

Food problems and addictions are  similar only on the surface. “Overeating and drug addiction may converge on some of the same neurons,” says Endocrinologist Barbara Kahn. “but other pathways are also involved. And from a biochemical point of view, the two are not the same thing. Drug addictions are much stronger.” Unfortunately for people who [...]