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HealthDay – 31 mins ago (HealthDay News) — Having plenty of support from friends and family can help you meet your weight-loss goals. The Cleveland Clinic offers these motivational suggestions to help you lose weight and keep it off: Motivate yourself each day by mentally reviewing why you need to lose weight and maintain that loss. Seek [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to the belief that people who burn a lot of calories are less vulnerable to gaining weight, a new study finds they and slow burners alike tend to put on pounds during the sweets-filled holiday season. “This idea of regulating body weight by being a very active individual that [...]

THURSDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) — A new medical review finds that lithium, a common treatment for bipolar disorder, can lead to weight gain and causes high rates of abnormalities in the thyroid and parathyroid glands. But the researchers found few signs of a link to skin problems or hair loss, and a suspected connection [...]

FRIDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) — Many young American women fail to recognize recent weight gain, and self-perception of weight gain appears to be significantly influenced by race, ethnicity and birth control methods, according to a new study. The findings are important because weight gain increases the risk of cardiovascular disease and other obesity-related health [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Girls who ate frequent meals and snacks put on fewer pounds and gained fewer inches to their waistlines over the next decade than those who only ate a couple of times each day, according to a new study. Researchers said that one explanation is that smaller, more frequent meals and [...]

FRIDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) — Most people who live near fast-food restaurants aren’t at increased risk for weight gain, but women may put on a few extra pounds, according to a new study. The findings challenge the widely held belief that living near fast-food restaurants and other unhealthy food outlets has contributed to the [...]

TUESDAY, Oct. 25 (HealthDay News) — Teens who don’t get enough sleep may find themselves putting on extra pounds and boys, in particular, may be at risk for obesity, new research suggests. In the study, researchers surveyed 108 male and 147 female students at a Texas high school and found that the average sleep time [...]

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) — Overweight people who diet and successfully shed pounds only to gain the weight back again within a year can blame their hunger hormones, new research suggests. In a small study published in the Oct. 27 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, Australian scientists found that after overweight [...]

WEDNESDAY, Aug. 10 (HealthDay News) — Would-be ex-smokers may want to try weight lifting to help them kick the habit for good, a new study suggests. The researchers found that three months of pumping iron seemed to help curb cigarette cravings and withdrawal symptoms, while lessening the weight gain that sometimes accompanies quitting. Overall, men [...]