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Burning The Scale - Dec 7, 2007
MSNBC has an interesting article online right now about 9 strategies to lose weight that were tested on a sample of people, and how much on average was lost. One of the tips that caught my eye was to stop drinking all …
Also tagged: obesity, uncategorized, high fructose corn syrup, weight gain, weight loss, diet soda
Burning The Scale - Dec 1, 2007
Sounds crazy, but I just read this article over at CBS News online. Apparently the incidence of obese - not overweight - women and men has not significantly increased since 1999-2000. I’d hardly say the epidemic was …
Also tagged: obesity, america, uncategorized, unhealthy, epidemic
Burning The Scale - Nov 24, 2007
A review of research showed that prescription diet pills result in minimal weight loss (7-11 pounds). That includes the prescription form of Alli, Xenical, so if you’re taking Alli you can expect to lose half as much …
Also tagged: doctors, uncategorized, weight loss, obese, acomplia, pounds, xenical, alli, quick fix
Burning The Scale - Nov 15, 2007
An Australian nutritionist, Dr. John Tickell, has suggested that airlines should charge their obese passengers more for tickets. This is based on the reasoning that the more weight the plane bears, the more the cost …
Also tagged: obesity, australia, uncategorized, airlines, fuel, passengers, nutritionist
Burning The Scale - Nov 8, 2007
An article at MSNBC made my head spin - Could there be some health benefits to being slightly heavy, i.e. around 25 pounds overweight? Apparently overweight (not obese) folks are more likely to survive illnesses such …
Also tagged: health, obesity, uncategorized, fitness, weight, pneumonia, emphysema
Burning The Scale - Aug 9, 2007
Talk about spin: A Reuters article mentions the following statistics as a reason why Americans think being fat is normal: -In 1994, the average woman weighed 147 pounds but wanted to be 132 -Less than 10 years later …
Also tagged: uncategorized, reuters, fat, normal