The American Heart Association has just launched a great tool called MyFatTranslator. Just enter you age, gender, height and weight, and it tells you how many grams of fat, saturated fat, and trans fat you should aim for each day. Even better, it shows how to switch foods loaded in saturated fat (deep dish pizza, french fries) for... Read more
The New York Times reports today that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation plans to spend $500 million over the next five years to fight childhood obesity.Read the article here and leave a SharePost to let us know what you think.
If you have your eyes and ears peeled for weight-loss news, there's no way you could have missed the recent study showing that Atkins dieters lost more weight over a one-year span than other popular diets, including the Zone, Dean Ornish's diet, and the LEARN diet. But don't reach for the butter just yet - Here's what you... Read more
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Im 11 and I think Im a little over weight Im heavier than alot of my friends but Im not fat. Help
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