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Woman Has Only Eaten Cheese Pizza For 31 Years

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:25:29 +0000

We’ve all briefly contemplated an all-pizza diet, usually after biting into a particularly tasty slice. Englishwoman Claire Simmons has been living that dream for 31 years. Not so surprisingly, it plays out like more of a nightmare. The 33-year-old has what is known as selective eating disorder. Meaning, if she is presented with any food that isn’t [...]

Woman Pledges to Eat Chinese Food Everyday for an Entire Year

Maura Chwastyk — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:52:56 +0000

A lot of people use their New Years’ resolutions to encourage themseves to branch out, explore new places, try new things. But what about trying a very familiar thing, every single day, for the entire year? That’s what Victoria Bemkiempes of The Village Voice is setting out to do.

She’s determined to eat Chinese food everyday in 2012, while mastering the ins and outs, the subtle variations and unappreciated nuances of Chinese take-out.

Have You Started a Diet for 2012? — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:32:46 +0000

It’s been a little over a week since New Year’s resolutions kicked in, officially long enough to determine if you’ve started that diet that you promised yourself — if, in fact, you picked what is usually the year’s most popular resolution. According to a new survey from Poll Position of 1,155 adults, 24 percent have [...]

Newest Trick to Eating Less Has People Using Different Colored Plates — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:51:33 +0000

Veteran dieters know one way to eat less is to use smaller plates to fool the eye into thinking we have more food in front of us. But new research revealed the color of our plates and tables matter just as much.

Want to Weigh Less? Eat More Often — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:52:11 +0000

A new study finds those who’ve lost weight and kept it off tend to eat more often than heavier people — yet still took in fewer daily calories.

Lead researcher Jessica Bachman, assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Marywood University in Scranton, PA, was part of a group that profiled 250 people who’d lost significant amounts of weight. The key was to learn how they maintain their weight loss in order to help others lose weight and keep it off.

Dieting Forces the Brain To Eat Itself

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:56:00 +0000

When you’re trying to lose weight by cutting down on your food intake your brain is busy chomping down — on itself. Researchers from Yeshiva University in New York have found that when a person diets, the sudden loss of nutrients causes the brain to try to conserve energy by devouring its own cells. As [...]

Almost Half of Men Would Dump Their Girlfriend If She Got Fat

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:20:00 +0000

When it comes to looks, we now have further evidence that man are more shallow than women. A survey by Ask Men of 70,000 people from the United States, Canada, Australia and Great Britain has revealed that 48 percent of guys say they would end their relationship with a girlfriend who become fat. When the [...]

New Study Says Impulsive People Weigh More

Shauna Wright — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 23:14:38 +0000

We all know eating too much and moving too little can add a little extra around the waist. But can your personality lead to weight gain too?

A new study published by the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology says it’s possible.

Three researchers from the US Department of Health and Human Services followed nearly 2,000 people over a 50-year life span and found those who were more impulsive were likely to be about 24 pounds heavier than those who weren’t. They also found that subjects who weren’t terribly friendly may experience “a greater increase in the Body Mass Index across the adult life span.”

Researchers Say Eating Chips Can Produce a Marijuana-Like High

Z94 — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 02:34:02 +0000

Remember the old Pringles slogan, "Once you pop, you can't stop"? Research now suggests it could be more true than we ever thought.

The journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) says US researchers found that foods high in fat trigger natural feel-good chemicals with effects similar to those found in marijuana. These chemicals, called endocannabinoids, produce a drug-like feeling that can lead to gorging on foods such as chips and fries.

Diet Soda May Make You Pack on the Pounds

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:24:44 +0000

By analyzing the results of a 10-year longitudinal study of 474 people, researchers were able to determine that the participants who drank two or more diet sodas a day experienced a waist size increase 70 percent greater than those who stayed away from diet soda.

Dr. Martin P. Paulus, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California San Diego, and an author of the study, offered this theory as to why something without calories can lead to weight gain:

Let Kids Eat Candy So They'll Lose Weight? Not As Crazy As It Sounds

Drew Weisholtz — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:00:04 +0000

Well, here’s a twist in the battle to curb childhood obesity.

A new study has found that kids who eat candy tend to weigh less than children who don’t.

Duh! Potato Chips Will Make You Fat and Disgusting

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 16:25:57 +0000

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out eating potato chips will cause you to pack on the pounds. Or maybe it does. Researchers at Harvard have found that eating the salty snacks will result in people gaining more weight over several years than they would eating other foods. The study’s findings appear in the [...]