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Lead Stories: December 2, 2008

Those Old Adolescent Thoughts

Posted June 9, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Martinique Haller

Section: Her Health, Body Image, Her Nutrition, Weight Control

When I was in eighth grade and sitting at the cafeteria table with a group of girls, one of them sighed and said, “Maybe I should go on a diet”.  Perhaps…

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“So…how did you lose the weight?”

Posted June 4, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Martinique Haller

Section: Her Health, Body Image, Her Nutrition, Diet Myths, Healthy Eating, Weight Control

What should you say when people ask how you lost weight? I lost thirty pounds on Weight Watchers, but I didn’t really want to tell people that. I’ve discussed some of the associations I had with Weight Watchers. It…

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Losing Weight Isn’t All That Matters

Posted May 5, 2008 at 02:00 PM by Martinique Haller

Section: Her Health, Body Image, Her Motivation, Her Nutrition, Healthy Eating, Weight Control

In this column, staff writer Martinique Haller explores the misconceptions of dieting and evaluates her own ideas of weight and weight loss in regards to herself. She also delves into the timeless predicament of how to maintain weight loss once the initial triumph…

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Curb Your Calorie Counting

Posted February 5, 2008 at 06:00 PM by Katie Drummond

Section: Her Health, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Her Nutrition, Healthy Eating

Everywhere you turn – magazines, television shows, healthy lifestyle books – the focus of living well and maintaining a stable weight seems to come down to one word: calories.

Sure, the energy in your food – and the energy…

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Study: More Americans Are Done With Dieting

Posted January 9, 2008 at 02:00 PM by Katie Drummond

Section: Her Fitness, Athletics, Her Health, Her Nutrition, Weight Control, Her News

It looks like we’re finally listening to those words of wisdom that warn against the shortcomings of dieting, according to data from a new market research study released this past Friday.

According to the survey of 26,000 American adults,…

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Do diets work?

Posted July 16, 2007 at 04:45 PM by Bridget Sullivan

Section: Her Fitness, Her Health, Body Image, Her Nutrition, Diet Myths, Healthy Eating, Weight Control, Her News, Special Features

The following blog post appeared on Leslie’s Goldman’s blog at ivillage: The Weighting Game. Leslie Goldman, MPH, is a women’s health writer who regularly contributes to Runner’s World, Women’s Health, Shape Magazine, People, and the Chicago Tribune.  Her highly acclaimed debut book, Locker…

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