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First, the good news: More Americans are lacing up the sneakers and trying to work off those excess pounds that can send their health insurance and life insurance premiums through the roof. The bad news? We're still not winning the battle of the bulge.First, the good news: More Americans are lacing up the sneakers and trying to work off... more
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Women may count calories and exercise religiously, but there's one factor affecting their weight they may not be taking into consideration.
If they live within walking distance of restaurants, they're going to be heavier.Women may count calories and exercise religiously, but there's one factor... more
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If you eat healthily with a balance diet plus these workouts, you’re sure to have the ability to drop two dress sizes in about 6 – 9 weeks. When you do these workouts constantly, you’ll be rewarded with a super looking sensational body!If you eat healthily with a balance diet plus these workouts, you’re sure to... more
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Pigeon flocks are guided by a flexible system of leadership in which almost every member gets a 'vote' but the votes of high-ranking birds carry more weight, a new study has shown.
link : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100416214045.htmPigeon flocks are guided by a flexible system of leadership in which almost every... more
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Women have a subconscious fear of getting fat, a study has found.
When they see an overweight woman, their brain reacts negatively, increasing feelings of unhappiness and even selfloathing, say researchers.
While this is common in anorexics and others with eating disorders, the experts found it also happens in healthy women with no obvious worries about their weight.
Men, however, showed no such response.
The study suggests women are under such pressure to conform to certain body shapes that even those happy and healthy have a subconscious fear of getting fat.
The research in the U.S. used MRI scans to study the reaction of the brain to images of strangers for the journal Personality and Individual Differences.
When women caught sight of an overweight, female stranger, it set off a reaction in the part of the brain that processes 'identity and self reflection'.
A similar test on men showed no such reaction.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1266007/Woman-inbuilt-fear-getting-fat-does-exist-men.htmlWomen have a subconscious fear of getting fat, a study has found.
When they see an... more
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As you know, our community helps us find stories to feature on the Current.com homepage by submitting links, video clips, and voting/commenting on community submissions to increase popularity. We keep an eye on the discussions taking place on Current.com, and whenever one appears to be trending we feature it in Current Stories on the homepage.
Here's a list of the top 5 discussions on Current.com right now, take a look.
Baby denied health care, he's too fat
Alex Lange is only 4 months old, but after being denied health insurance due to his weight he's now caught in the health care debate. [denverpost.com]
US facing massive economic ‘power shift’ with dollar’s downward spiral
The dollar is slumping, gold is on a steady rise, and Gulf states looking to replace the dollar as the currency for oil deals. Is an economic power shift on the horizon? [rawstory]
6-year-old with weapon suspended for 45 days
Zachary Christian is likely having a rough day, he's facing 45 days of reform school for bringing his Cub Scout eating utensil to school. I'm not sure about you, but thinking back to my time as a six-year-old it was all my parents could do to keep me from bringing my cool new stuff to school. It didn't matter that they could potentially get broken, the urge to show and tell was too great. I wonder what noted Eagle Scout, David Lynch, would have to say about this story? [boingboing]
Man kills fiancee day before wedding , he thought she was an intruder...so he shot her
Stories like this always raise the same old questions surrounding the gun debate and the right to bear arms. Where do you fall on the matter? [MSNBC]
When will Obama end Don't Ask Don't Tell?
And lastly, Current News online producer Andrew Fitzgerald posted this story on the Current News blog, and quite frankly I'm not surprised that it's picked up steam.
"President Obama gave a speech at the dinner and promised (again) to end "Don't Ask Don't Tell". It was an important night for Obama, who's commitment to the gay rights movement has been in question lately.
So that was Saturday night and then Sunday there was the big march. And meanwhile online, people were pointing out that the speech Obama gave was more or less a recycled campaign speech.
And so not 24 hours after the speech came this from CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood who said the Obama Administration wasn't worried about gay activists. He said:
"Barack Obama is doing well with 90% or more of Democrats so the White House views this opposition as really part of the Internet left fringe....For a sign of how seriously the White House does or doesn't take this opposition, one adviser told me those bloggers need to take off the pajamas, get dressed, and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and difficult.""
So what's your take? Should approval rating factor in here? When is the right time to push forward on this issue? Weigh in here.[Current News Blog]
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"TOKYO -- As women in the United States and across the industrialized world get fatter, most Japanese women are getting skinnier.
Still, many view themselves as overweight.
"I am quite fat, actually," said Michie Takagi, a 70-year-old grandmother and retired clothing store executive. She has a body mass index (BMI) of 19.9, which is at the thin end of normal. While the average American woman has gained about 25 pounds over the past 30 years, Takagi has gained 4.5 pounds, typical for her age cohort in Japan, according to U.S. and Japanese government figures.
Skinnier still are Japanese women younger than 60, who were thin by international standards three decades ago and who, taken as a group, have since been steadily losing weight.
The trend is most pronounced among women in their 20s. A quarter-century ago, they were twice as likely to be thin as overweight; now they are four times more likely to be thin. For U.S. women of all ages, obesity rates have about doubled since 1980, rising from 17 percent to 35 percent.
Social pressure -- women looking critically at other women -- is the most important reason female skinniness is ascendant in Japan, according to Hisako Watanabe, a child psychiatrist and assistant professor of pediatrics at the Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo.
"Japanese women are outstandingly tense and critical of each other," said Watanabe, who has spent 34 years treating women with eating disorders. "There is a pervasive habit among women to monitor each other with a serious sharp eye to see what kind of slimness they have."
Public health experts say that younger Japanese women, as a group, have probably become too skinny for their own good. Restricted calorie consumption is slowing down their metabolisms, the average birth weight of their babies is declining, and their risk of death in case of serious illness is rising.
"I would advise these women to eat when they are hungry," said Satoshi Sasaki, a professor of preventive epidemiology at the University of Tokyo School of Public Health. "They should be satisfied with a normal body." "
Read the full article in the link below. The quote at the end by Sasaki is quite entertaining as well!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/04/AR2010030401436.html"TOKYO -- As women in the United States and across the industrialized world get... more
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A new study revealed that drinking red wine might help keep a woman’s weight in check. The study involved 20,000 “trim” women, and “over time, women who drank alcohol in moderation put on less weight and were less apt to become overweight compared to non-drinkers,” reports Megan Brooks from Reuters.A new study revealed that drinking red wine might help keep a woman’s weight in... more
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Low-fat or low-carb, which one do you prefer? Which one works best for you? Do you even know? Well you’re in luck if you don’t; a new study revealed that a genetic test can help people choose which diet is more effective in helping them lose weight. The study followed 133 overweight women for a year. All the women “with a genetic predisposition to benefit from a low-carbohydrate diet lost 2 1/2 times as much weight as those on the same diet without the predisposition,” reports Ron Winslow from The Wall Street Journal. Also, women with a “genetic makeup that favored a low-fat diet lost substantially more weight than women who curbed fat calories without low-fat genes,” says Winslow.Low-fat or low-carb, which one do you prefer? Which one works best for you? Do you... more
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SKINNY GIRLS ALOUD star NICOLA ROBERTS has hit back at critics of her tiny frame.
The flame-haired singer, 24, insists her body shape is natural and says she doesn't starve herself.
She said: "Everyone talks about my weight, which is ridiculous. I'm a size six and I'm not ashamed of that.
"I have a naturally small frame. I've not starved myself or exercised every day.
"It's irresponsible for people to obsess over it because I don't want girls to feel they have to be the same shape."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/2873901/I-am-thin-but-Im-in-good-Nic.html#ixzz0h0h3C73bSKINNY GIRLS ALOUD star NICOLA ROBERTS has hit back at critics of her tiny frame.... more
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Jezebel says, "Made by Voluptuart, the gadget seems perfect for those who beat themselves up over ups and downs. Some people think it could "encourage unhealthy eating habits," as though we're not living in a world chock-full of that already. [BoingBoing]"
Thoughts on this...?Jezebel says, "Made by Voluptuart, the gadget seems perfect for those who beat... more
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Most 12-year-olds in Britain think they are too fat, while half of the country's six-year-olds say they would like to be skinnier.
Half the six-year-olds asked to pick their ideal body shape from a range of digitally altered images of themselves chose one that was three sizes smaller than the real image – the slimmest option they could choose.
Many of the girls questioned in the study, by Cambridge University, said they thought being skinnier would make them more popular.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/children_shealth/7291699/Half-of-Britains-six-year-old-girls-want-to-be-thinner.htmlMost 12-year-olds in Britain think they are too fat, while half of the country's... more
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Caroline McCarthy writes that Kevin Smith's response to being kicked off of a Southwest flight because he was "foo fat," "may be the best example we've seen yet of how Twitter and other forms of new-media mass communication are shaping that old industry known as public relations. Nobody walks around with a Twitter follower count or blog URL painted on his or her forehead, and many extremely popular bloggers still live in relative physical anonymity, which means that the customer relations business is like a game of Minesweeper--you can never be sure what might blow up in your face."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10454328-36.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0Caroline McCarthy writes that Kevin Smith's response to being kicked off of a... more
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Kevin Smith continues to insist he is NOT too fat to fly Southwest Air. The airline removed him from a flight Saturday after deeming him a safety risk, even though he says he was seated with the armrests down and seat belt buckled.
Smith says the airline made a mistake in trying to board him as a standby passenger then giving him the boot.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/16/kevin-smith-challenges-so_n_463886.htmlKevin Smith continues to insist he is NOT too fat to fly Southwest Air. The airline... more
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So you may have heard that Kevin Smith was recently booted off a Southwest Airlines flight for being, well, a bit too husky. In this NSFW clip, Smith recounts his humiliation, and the important fact that, as he, puts it, "I know I'm fat, but I'm not that [bleeping] fat." Full audio at smodcast.com.So you may have heard that Kevin Smith was recently booted off a Southwest Airlines... more
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Our First Lady has made it a goal of hers while in office to make major headway in childrens’ obesity. The Food and Drug Administration will start to make sure food companies create customer friendly labels along with beverage companies adding calorie information on the front of their products.Our First Lady has made it a goal of hers while in office to make major headway in... more
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He may like to make you laugh, but “Silent Bob” found nothing funny about being kicked off a plane for being fat.
Kevin Smith, director of the upcoming Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan laugher, “Cop Out,” turned to Twitter to vent his frustrations Saturday after allegedly getting booted from a Southwest Airlines flight.
“I know I’m fat,” the 39-year-old wrote via Twitter. “But was Captain Leysath [sic] really justified in throwing me off a flight for which I was already seated?”
For the Full Story "Kevin Smith too Fat to Fly"... Kevin Smith VIDEO...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/director-kevin-smith-too-fat-to-fly-southwest-clerks-writerdirector-tweets-rage-at-airline/
The writer and director of “Clerks” and “Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back” let loose in the tweet tirade after allegedly being told by a flight attendant he was a “safety risk” as he was about to fly from Oakland to Burbank.He may like to make you laugh, but “Silent Bob” found nothing funny about... more
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Has a demonstration of using psychokinesis mind energy to make a cloud grow and then disappear. Discusses how the psychokinesis mind energy may also help one improve their life, such as helping one lose weight or in getting a job. And it is a confidence builder, doing psychokinesis weather control such as controlling clouds and making the wind blow, see other videos where I demonstrate weather control. If you can control the weather by psychokinesis, then you may also be able to reach your goals and improve your life. Inspirational and motivational video by T. Chase, Amateur Psychic.
Copyright 2009 by T. Chase. From the Revelation13.net web site, also see Revelation13.net (Revelation 13: Prophecies of the Future, Astrology, Nostradamus, Bible Prophecy, the King James version English Bible Code).Has a demonstration of using psychokinesis mind energy to make a cloud grow and then... more
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When it comes to birth control, women usually bear the brunt of the responsibility. Generally you may get a man to carry a condom, but not even that all of the time. So, you make sure to take things into your own hands to avoid becoming pregnant.
For many women that means taking some sort of birth control. Many of today’s birth control options come in pill or shot form and are something that work within the body to keep the body from getting pregnant. But this is not all they do.
Full Article: http://weightloss-help.info/counter-birth-control-weightWhen it comes to birth control, women usually bear the brunt of the responsibility.... more
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