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Now here is the punch line: Although normal and overweight individuals were similar in their ability to estimate the number of calories in food, the overweight individuals in Study 1, who had eaten a fast food meal, ate larger meals. Because everyone significantly underestimates the number of calories in large meals, these overweight people actually ate many more calories than they thought they had.
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Weight loss behaviors, Tools, Portion wise or portion lies?, Overweight/obesity, Research on obesity/overweight, Calorie counting, Portion control, Serving size
The take home message. Don't just assume, if you are a diabetic, that you cannot or should not exercise. If your cardiovascular risk is low and you do not have diabetes complications, such as nerve or eye disease, physical activity can have many beneficial effects on your current and future health.
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Exercise (benefits), Weight loss behaviors, Diabetes , Tools, Fitness, Weight loss (benefits), Pre-diabetes, Metabolic syndrome, Research on obesity/overweight, Healthy behaviors, Prevention of diabetes
According to a survey by the Food Marketing Institute, almost 60% of food shoppers are trying to buy healthier foods. Most of them said they were trying to buy foods that would help them lose weight. And the food industry is always trying
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Weight loss behaviors, Benefits or hazards of certain foods, Public health, Tools, Dietary Fat, Food labels, Overweight/obesity, High fructose corn syrup, Food policy, Calorie counting, Portion control, Eat local, Protein, Carbohydrates, Serving size, Weight loss
In the old days, say about 20 or 30 years ago, people went to the doctor to get their questions answered and their problems solved. The doctor “owned” the knowledge. We paid to get it. Seemed to work…or did it? We have come to understand that, even today, the answers you get and the treatments that are recommended may be based more on your doctor’s opinion or belief than on hard core evidence.
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Diabetes , Public health, Tools, Heart disease, Weight loss, Healthy behaviors
But, hey, if I have to pay for it out of my pocket, I am going to get what I want, how I want it and when I want it. If I can get it for free on the net in the middle of the night, I say, bring it on. “Health On Demand,” now this will usher in the age of real consumer directed health care
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Public health, Tools, Health insurance, Social commentary, Healthy behaviors
WellWriting for Health after Trauma and Abuse is subtitled “Five WellWriting Ways to Regain Your Health and Life.” It is written by my friend and colleague, Ellen Taliaferro, MD, an emergency physician who is also the co-author of our soon
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Tools, Adverse childhood experiences
Check out DiabetesPHD on the American Diabetes Association website. It is a risk assessment tool that uses Archimedes, a sophisticated computerized health modeling program to determine your risk of developing heart disease, stroke, and/or diabetes
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Diabetes , Lipids, Tools
There is debate in the medical literature about how frequently dieters should weigh themselves. Proponents of frequent weighing (e.g., daily) believe it an important behavior that helps keep dieters on track. Opponents fret about
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Weight loss behaviors, Tools, Overweight/obesity, Research on obesity/overweight
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