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A woman from North Carolina has lost 150 pounds (68 kg) while waiting for her husband to come back from Afghanistan. According to WECT, Misty Shaffer of Wilmington, North Carolina kept the whole weight loss a secret from her husband. She is pictured in before and after photos above, and you can tell in the shot o... |
21 May 2013
02:58 GMT |
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Paul Mason, once dubbed the fattest man alive, has managed to lose 644 pounds (292 kg). The man who used to weigh 980 pounds (445 kg) now wants to undergo a skin removal procedure. NY Daily News chronicles Mason's adventure as a 50-year-old postal worker with a life expectancy of two years. The man from Ipswitc... |
7 February 2013
04:45 GMT |
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This article from the NY Times archives reveals what the 1912's perfect woman was like. Cornell student Elsie Scheel of Brooklyn was described as having ideal proportions and not “a single defect.” As you can read in full if you click the photo to enlarge it, she is described as being “taller ... |
22 December 2012
06:25 GMT |
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As many Army recruits do not pass fitness standards, seasoned soldiers are also being booted off over weight issues. There have been 1,625 dismissals on grounds of lack of fitness, from the beginning of the year up to October, Washington Post writes. In 2007, the number was 15 times smaller, the same publication wr... |
13 December 2012
10:38 GMT |
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Ronald Post, an Ohio death row inmate making headlines for his claim that an execution would be inhumane, being as he is obese, is now claiming he is innocent. Post was convicted 30 years ago for the murder of hotel clerk Helen Vantz in Elyria, Ohio. The prisoner, who weighs 400 pounds (181 kg), addressed the court ... |
30 November 2012
05:13 GMT |
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A study led by scientists at the University of Pretoria in South Africa and published in the November 27 issue of the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Nor repels the long-known myth according to which macho features are what a woman is more attracted by in men.
Scientists say that the macho aspect has lon... |
29 November 2012
10:02 GMT |
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As we reported yesterday, Vilma Soltesz, a 56-year-old diabetic New Yorker who weighed 425 pounds (192 kg), died on a trip to Hungary after being refused boarding on several aircrafts. The woman had a hard time getting around, as she had lost one leg to the disease. She also had medical problems involving her kidney... |
28 November 2012
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425-pound (192 kg) New York woman Vilma Soltesz loses her life in Hungary, after being refused a seat on a plane by three different airlines. Every year, she and her husband Janos flew with the Delta and KLM airlines to Hungary, where they spent a month. Vilma was clinically obese, suffering from diabetes and a cond... |
27 November 2012
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20-year-old Jennifer Rogers from Palm Desert, California applied for a waitress position and was offered the job after attaching a picture to her resume.
The Tilted Kilt Pub & Eatery had advertised that they were looking for kilt girls, that had to meet specific physical criteria. Rogers went through the entire app... |
15 October 2012
13:31 GMT |
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A new documentary about the life of presumed killer Mayra Rosales is set to clear her name. TLC's Half-Ton Killer tells the truth about the trial of the then 31-year-old obese woman from Texas who confessed to causing the death of her two-year-old nephew, Eliseo Jr. The 1,100 lb (498 kg) woman claimed she was ... |
22 September 2012
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With more than 5.6 million Americans suffering from Alzheimer's, and the general population aging at a rapid pace, researchers are struggling to find a way of discovering the disease before it advances to unmanageable levels. Recently, they found that blood fat levels could constitute a new biomarker. In other w... |
19 July 2012
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A study conducted on unsuspecting lab mice revealed that feeding the rodents with a fat-rich diet leads to the formation of new neurons in an area of the brain responsible for regulating eating. The animals gained less weight if the neural growth was stopped, even while they continued to eat junk food.
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26 March 2012
04:33 GMT |
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Scientists report in a new research paper that teens and young adults who are in the habit of attending religious functions at least once per week are 50 percent more likely to become fat by middle age. Those who do not attend these activities are at a decreased risk of suffering from obesity at the same age, add res... |
28 March 2011
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Being called 'obese' is worse than being called 'fat', and the way we qualify a heavy-weight person can influence the opinions we make on people, according to a new study carried out by the University of New south Wales.The research concluded that the term 'obese people' triggers more ne... |
13 December 2010
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For three years now, laser liposuction has been practiced in the United States with the approval of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The reason why most people request the procedure is that it eliminates some of the major drawbacks of conventional liposuction.For starters, the established way of removing exces... |
8 December 2010
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An Oxford University scientist carried out a review which concluded that there is not any credible evidence that eating more fruits and vegetables, reduces the risks of developing cancer, even if they are important elements of a healthy diet.Professor Tim Key of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at Oxford University analy... |
1 December 2010
10:15 GMT |
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Women looking to rid themselves of the tummy rolls after pregnancy or weight gain have a very strong ally in the Nip + Fab Tummy Fix lotion, which is definitely the toning product of the year, based on sales alone. As Marie Claire puts it, not only is the toning lotion getting raving reviews from those lucky women wh... |
18 October 2010
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Rapper Nicki Minaj is not only a force to be reckoned with on the music scene, she’s also reaping praises for her enviably curvy backside – which is precisely what is getting her now in the headlines. According to a report on Make Me Heal, people who know Nicki from way back have noticed that it’s n... |
8 October 2010
14:21 GMT |
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Two new surgical procedures are bound to make women go crazy over them in the following years, surgeons in the UK believe: the Miami Thong Lift and the Brazilian Tummy Tuck. As the name of the former implies, it’s meant to give women the kind of backside that, until now, only the likes of Kim Kardashian and Jen... |
28 September 2010
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According to an announcement made by the US Food and Drug Administration, it would appear that the agency approved the use of a laser that is capable of removing excess fat from waists.The decision comes amid controversies over how the laser works. More specifically, many are fearing that the new fat-removing techniq... |
17 September 2010
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Grapefruits contain naringenin, which is an antioxidant derived from their bitter flavor, as well as from other citrus fruits, that causes the liver to break down fat and increase insulin sensitivity.Research carried out by a team from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), found... |
26 August 2010
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The discovery of a surprising interaction that helps break down fat could open the way to slowing down fat digestion and create food structures that trigger satiety.Scientists from the Institute of Food Research have conducted several experiments where they used protein layers to stabilize emulsions, thus slowing dow... |
19 August 2010
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It is a widely known fact that individuals who are obese tend to be more prone to developing a host of medical conditions, including diabetes and heart diseases. A new study comes to suggest that one of the reasons why this happens is because excess fat, especially around the abs, can hinder the action of the immune ... |
23 April 2010
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Hearing someone complaining about how they diet and do crunches like crazy but they still have some fat on the tummy is not that uncommon. If that be the case with you too, then know that it’s because you’re doing something wrong, FitSugar points out. The good news, though, is that, by paying attention to... |
25 March 2010
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A new scientific study, published in the March issue of the respected scientific journal Geology, proposes that the first organisms to colonize the lands on our planet may have had some help. The earliest microbe populations that lived in the world's water, alongside shore lines and elsewhere, could hypothetical... |
5 March 2010
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Microsoft has positioned exFAT as a key technology helping to drive new digital multimedia experiences for users, especially as device manufacturers create products designed to deliver more than just traditional content. Customers running Panasonic products in the future will be able to enjoy the added multimedia cap... |
27 February 2010
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According to a new scientific investigation, it would appear that small-sized migrating birds may actually be better off if they are a bit on the chubby side. Researchers say that a little extra fat may be very beneficial for the winged creatures, seeing how long-distance migrations tend to take a huge toll on their ... |
18 February 2010
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Women striving to become thinner so that they fit the current beauty standard imposed by stars like Victoria Beckham and Keira Knightley should consider their diet plans twice before getting through with it. A new study comes to confirm the findings of older research, namely that storage of fat on the body, especiall... |
13 January 2010
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The modern successor of the FAT system is currently available for licensing from Microsoft, through what a company representative referred to as a flexible licensing program. Companies worldwide can integrate the Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) into their own products for a flat fee of as low as $300.000. How... |
11 December 2009
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Specialists commonly issue warnings about the high intake of fatty foods that can, and will ultimately lead to severe health and weight issues. The latest research in this sense comes to show that, indeed, where fat intake is concerned, most people have already consumed more fat than they need in a lifetime by the ti... |
28 April 2009
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As a rule, when working out, women usually focus on the parts of their body that they know they have problems with, like the back of the legs, where cellulite is more visible, the ab and the arms. Because of this, the so-called muffin top is somewhat neglected – but is not impossible to rid ourselves ... |
21 April 2009
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Following the intellectual property legal dispute between TomTom and Microsoft, the Linux Foundation, through the voice of Jim Zemlin, its executive director, opined that alternatives, even open-source equivalents to the Redmond company's FAT, enabled developers to renounce of using the proprietary file manageme... |
2 April 2009
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Crunches, diets and diet pills on their own cannot guarantee a flat belly, health experts and trainers have repeatedly warned. The secret to losing abdominal fat lies within finding the perfect combination of dieting and working out and, as a new study points out, in eating certain foods. Below are some of those that... |
31 March 2009
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All women striving to achieve a stick-thin figure can now stop torturing themselves with all kinds of diets and workout regimes. A new study has revealed, as reported by Fox news, that women with a pear-shaped figure, the likes of which singers Jennifer Lopez and Beyonce have made famous, are healthier than those wit... |
8 January 2009
06:32 GMT |
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Mac OS X software developer danholt4mac has announced its acquiring Calories from its original makers, NSObjects. danholt4mac has an impressive portfolio of OS X apps, but apparently it wasn't complete without NSObjects' journaling app for daily nutrition activities.Calories will be developed from now on by... |
5 November 2008
05:48 GMT |
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Partitioning your hard drive in order to accommodate all the stored files in an organized manner is definitely not a daily task for any user. The truth is that most of them generally do this operation at each acquisition of a hard drive, and then forget about it. This is normal behavior considering that the... |
30 September 2008
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Wii Fit battles against Grand Theft Auto IV in many countries for the No. 1 best seller spot: I say that just to let you know how big Wii Fit is (no pun intended). Now, even though most of us are very happy with the game, the balance board and the illusion that it will turn them into thin, healthy, shiny happy people... |
30 May 2008
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It seems that Nintendo's Wii Fit can be wrong every now and them and, what is even more disturbing for many people, it has adverse effects on users. At least that's the result of a young ten year-old girl who used the Wii Fit which told her that she was fat. Now, it wouldn't necessarily be a problem, s... |
7 May 2008
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We are told that an increased Body Mass Index (BMI) makes us prone to a large array of diseases. But, as it turns out, fat located under the skin, especially on the buttocks, seems to actually decrease the chances of developing type 2 diabetes, as signaled by a new research published in the Cell Metabolism journal an... |
7 May 2008
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Whether you look like Peter Doherty or Michael Moore, there is a fixed number of fat cells in your body since adolescence, as revealed by a new research published in the journal Nature and carried out at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.This number of adipocytes (fat cells) seems to be achieved during teen years an... |
5 May 2008
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This could be the dream of any junk food lover and sport hating couch potato: becoming slim without decreasing food consumption. In a research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an Australian team has found a possible way of losing weight without limiting food intake, a breakthrough tha... |
29 April 2008
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The ordinary lard is more than familiar to most of us. However, mammals also have a different fatty tissue called brown fat, involved in generating heat. A new study made at New York Medical College and published in the journal BMC Biology has discovered why birds lack this tissue. In the end, birds are actually livi... |
24 April 2008
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When trans-fats were made for the first time, they were seen as the solution against artery clogging animal fats. Trans-fats or trans-fatty acids are made by solidifying oily fats by hydrogenization (adding hydrogen atoms into their molecule). Margarine was the best solution for replacing the harmful butter and lard.... |
17 April 2008
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Bad news. Having a big belly seems to mean that you'll have an even bigger one. A new research published in the FASEB Journal and carried out by a team led by Dr. Kaiping Yang at the Lawson Health Research Institute affiliated with the University of Western Ontario shows that abdominal fat tissue synthesizes a h... |
17 April 2008
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Obesity involves in most cases a lack of will. And the pandemic is rising. For most of these people eating less and healthier or exercising represent terrible ordeals. Taking a pill would be the ideal solution. There is already Xenical, a prescription-only anti-obesity drug. Its active chemical is Orlistat, a lipase ... |
16 April 2008
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Like mother, like son. What your mother ate while pregnant with you is reflected in how you look. So says a Brazilian team who published its research made on rats in the journal "Lipids in Health and Disease." Pregnant and lactating rat females nurtured on a diet of hydrogenated fat rich in trans fatty acids, during ... |
7 April 2008
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Overweight and obesity at middle age can cause more health problems than metabolic syndrome, the array of conditions like atherosclerosis, heart diseases, diabetes and high cholesterol, which in many cases lead to death. A new research published in the journal "Neurology" has connected the fact of having a large bell... |
27 March 2008
15:36 GMT |
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Now, we have found the secret of the strong health of the Tibetan and Himalayan populations. It is in that woolly beast called yak. More precisely in its cheese. Cheese lovers have got a new target item, as a team of researchers from Nepal (a Himalayan state) and Canada has found that yak cheese has higher amounts of... |
18 March 2008
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Large women may pride on their huge breasts. But size is exactly the cause of their end. A new research published in the journal of "Clinical Cancer Research" shows that overweight or obese women with breast cancer experiencea more aggressive condition and have lower survival rates. "The more obese a patient is, the... |
14 March 2008
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For most westerners Japan is the country of sushi, samurai, aiki-do and sumo. The last one is a type of wrestling between fighters with enormous weights. Sumo is a ritual fight, and the combatants make prayers to the gods before wrestling. The aim of sumo is that the fighter must throw his adversary out of the circle... |
14 March 2008
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