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The following article is written by Nancy Clark, MS, RD CSSD (Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics).

For cutting edge sports nutrition information, the annual meeting of the American…

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Look at how big this scale is. Seriously, look at it. It’s massive. Taller than the bank of double-decker lockers, it dwarfs an industrial vacuum cleaner and makes a 5’11” me seem like a shorty next to it. It is a hellacious metal…

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The Internet has become the one-stop resource for anyone looking for anything, from a new dress to health advice to ways to kill a few minutes. However, the Internet is home to more than just useful, beneficial information - as…

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In this regular column, staff writer Jessica Hale muses on the ins and outs of Health at Every Size - a body-embracing philosophy that aims to empower women and men to embrace their bodies as-is, and celebrate healthy, active and fulfilling…

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While “death” is not a word that many people most likely associate with food, that grim reality is one that has become quickly attached to women and disordered eating.

According to the National…

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You’re a hot, foxy momma – you just may not know it yet. And while you might have cast your eyes upon this article hoping for the next miracle-cream-tablet-diet-combination guaranteed to firm your thighs and melt stomach flab, you’ve got…

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Nobody’s perfect.

We’ve all done messed-up things in some misguided effort to lose weight/gain muscle/tone up/make the number on the scale go down. Besides some seriously ill-advised calorie restriction in college, I’ll admit, I’m not the Patron Saint…

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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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Late last year, I was contacted by a young woman named Erin Pufunt, 22, a student who was about to celebrate her “Recovery Night” and wanted to invite me (I had previously interviewed some of her friends who make these…

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At Her Active Life, we thought this article was so provocative, smart and insightful that we decided to re-publish it. If you missed it the first time around, have a look at a fresh perspective on body image. See what it takes…

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Three of five Spice Girls have now spoken outwardly about their battle with eating disorders.

Posh Spice broke her silence in 2001, when an excerpt of her autobiography was published in the British newspaper The Mail. In it, she…

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It’s Saturday night. You’re getting ready to hit the town with your girls in a few hours. Music is blasting as you do your makeup and your try not to smear your eyeliner as you sing along with Beyonce. You’re feeling…

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Many of you may know Charlotte, a frequent guest on the Weighting Game who possesses great insight, a tremendous talent for writing and is both incredibly witty while also being very sensitive to others’ needs. I wanted to post a blog of…

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Did any of you catch this Tyra show a week or so ago (rhyming!)? It was fascinating! The two-episode production was called Tyra’s Bodyville and 10 women of all racial and ethnic backgrounds, different sizes and shapes were brought together for…

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When many women hear the term eating disorder, they tend to think about someone who goes about the day only consuming a single piece of fruit or a couple of salads. The image that often formed is that the individual will…

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