Weight Control Health Center

Common Disorders

• Weight lifting and weight control
• Exercise and weight loss
• Cellulite
• Diabetes - diet
• Diet - calories
• Secondary amenorrhea
• Preventive health care
• Prader-Willi syndrome
• Osteoarthritis
• Diabetic education
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Weight Control - Health News

• Meatless Burgers, Hot Dogs Not Always Full of Veggies
  Read labels to select items with more vegetables, less sodium, experts say
  
• Vegetable Amino Acid Lowers Blood Pressure
  Get plenty of it in your diet, researchers say
  
• Genes Linked to Cholesterol in Cells Are Identified
  Discovery could lead to new treatment targets, researchers say
  
• U.S. Unveils Stricter Food-Safety Standards
  Measures aimed at reducing salmonella and E. coli outbreaks
  
• Fat-Cell Protein May Reduce Diabetes Risk
  Higher levels of adiponectin linked in studies to lower incidence of type 2 diabetes
  
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Dr. Dean Articles

• Exercise More, Eat More
• Vitamins, Less is More
• Vitamin E Dangerous?
• Fast Food and Your Neighborhood

Fit or Fat: Nutrition and Exercise

• Survival Guides
• Give Your Recipe A Fit Or Fat Makeover
• How To Fight Fat And Cut Cholesterol
• Low Sodium Seasoning Suggestions
• Sample Grocery List
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Related Tools and Calculators

• Body Mass Index
  Rather than relying simply on the bathroom scale, experts are increasingly urging people to know their BMI, a figure that takes into account not just weight but height to indicate body fat.
  
• Carbohydrates: Rate Your Intake
  It isn't just how much of them you eat that counts, it's which ones. Nutritionally, carbs range from super-healthy to almost useless.
  
• Check Your Cholesterol Now
  Scientists have done wonders at figuring out ways to control cholesterol. Do you need to start applying them less casually? Or are your numbers low enough to make a cardiologist's day?
  
• Ideal Body Weight
  For years, people looked up their weight on tables drawn from insurance company statistics. While those are still around, this is a newer, more accurate way to calculate what is truly a healthy weight range for you.
  

Related Videos

• Recipe for a Healthy Holiday
  Put together a battle plan that can help you get through the holiday season with your waistline intact.
  
• 7 Diet Roadblocks
  Many dieters are shooting themselves in the foot when it comes to losing weight. Avoiding common mistakes could be the key to success.
  
• Hungry Heart
  You know about foods that are bad for the heart but how about foods that can act like armor, protecting the heart from disease? Nutritional tips and internet tools that can help you stick to a heart-healthy diet.
  
• Heavy Weight Battle
  Health professionals are working to identify the root of childhood obesity and craft strategies to help parents raise healthy, active children.
  
• Nutrition and Cancer
  
  Nutrition and Cancer
  
  
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Related Animations

• Cholesterol
  Cholesterol is a soft, fat-like, waxy substance found in the bloodstream and in all your body's cells. Statins are the most widely used medication for lowering cholesterol. This video animation shows how Cholesterol behaves in the blood stream.