Half of women would give up sex rather than gain 10 pounds
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010This may be hard to believe, but for some women, weight control is more important than sex, according to a new poll of 1,001 people. Roughly half of women say they would rather go without sex for the summer than gain 10 pounds. A fourth of the men feel the same way. Another interesting part [...]
Biking For Minutes a Day May Ward Off Weight Gain
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010When we think about biking and weight loss, we picture long rides that are hard work, but you may not need to make them that long to ward off weight gain. Biking for as little as five minutes a day can help women minimize weight gain as they enter middle age, especially if they’re overweight [...]
Walking one hour a day keeps the weight away
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010According to a study, normal-weight women who want to prevent weight gain as they age need to do an hour a day of moderate-intensity physical activity like walking. It’s something they have suspected for awhile, but this is one of the first large-scale studies to examine the question. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and [...]
McDonald’s Teams Up With Weight Watchers
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010We all know that McDonald’s has a real image problem when it comes to weight loss and health. The problem is their food plain and simple. But now, as part of a broader effort to shed their unhealthy reputation, in Australia and New Zealand McDonald’s is teaming up with Weight Watchers to offer some menu [...]
People would lose 5 pounds a year if soda cost an extra 18%
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010The idea is that if people can’t afford bad food and drink, they might be healthier. So if the price of regular soda and other sweetened beverages increased by 18%, people would consume an average of 56 fewer calories a day and lose about 5 pounds a year, according to projections in a study out [...]
