Obesity Epidemic on Shine

Health Controversy: This University Is Requiring Obese Students to Take Fitness Classes Before Graduating

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Did you guys hear about the university that's forcing overweight students take a fitness class before graduating? It's causing quite a stir...

The Weekly Skinny: All the healthy news you need (7-31-09)

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More trans fats are disappearing from our food products. Which ones are the latest to rid themselves of these dangerous fats? FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week.

The Weekly Skinny: All the healthy news you need (7-24-09)

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Some much needed news about childhood obesity - for some age groups, the rates are holding steady rather than growing. FatFighterTV has a look at this story and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week.

User Post: Americans getting even more obese

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Obesity rates are still going up, up, up! A new report finds the number of obese adults has increased in 23 states and did not go down in any states in the past year. In other words, we are fatter now than we were a year ago.

The Weekly Skinny: All the healthy news you need (2-6-09)

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Do your kids take vitamins? Are you a fair-weather exerciser? FatFighterTV has a look at these and other diet and fitness headlines making news this week.

User Post: The Weekly Skinny: All the healthy news you need (1-23-09)

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The FDA warns not to eat peanut butter products as the list of recalled foods quickly grows. And more Americans fill up on pasta in this tough economy.

Top 8 of '08 - a look back at the year's headlines in food, fitness, and fat

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This year, we cheered as the world's heaviest man lost 500 pounds then got hitched, we wondered why some of our favorite foods suddenly looked smaller, and worried when the worst foodborne outbreak in a decade spread across the country. Here's a look back at the year's headlines in food, fitness, and fat - The top 8 of '08:

How Many Times a Day Do You Eat These?

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Bread (in any form)
Cereals (hot or...

The economic toll of overweight/obesity

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I've read a lot of hubs and blogs, & I keep seeing people ask, "why do you care what I weight, I don't care what you weigh?" And I see people saying "you don't know why I'm heavy, so stop judging, leave that between me and my doctor." And let me just start by...

The McDonald's diet is shunned by McDonald's executives

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We love to demonize McDonald's and link its name to the so-called obesity epidemic, but I have to say that the people at McDonald's have just been delivered a gift from the dietary gods and they are turning it down. You see, Chris Coleson of Virginia has been eating mostly McDonald's...