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This transcript was typed from a recording of the program. The ABC cannot guarantee its complete accuracy because of the possibility of mishearing and occasional difficulty in identifying speakers. Norman Swan: Hello and welcome to the Health Report . Today: an explanation why it’s so hard to lose weight if you eat in restaurants a lot.Plus the joys of fish oil, without the capsules; zinc and    .. more …

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For chocolate lovers trying to drop a few pounds, new research suggests that it’s still possible to lose weight while indulging your sweet tooth every day.Overweight and obese women who added a bit of chocolate or other sweets on top of a healthy diet plan lost about 11 pounds over four months, on average.The study was funded by Hershey’s, which provided its own candy    .. more …

Mariah Carey gave birth three months ago to twins and she gained 65 pounds with that pregnancy. Today she looks amazing as she’s caught off-guard in a picture walking her dogs. Still, she smiles as she’s tangled up in the dogs leashes.Pregnant with her babies, Moroccan and Monroe, caused the pop diva a 65 pound weight gain and at one point, a few months before giving birth, she’d ordered to bed    .. more …

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For chocolate lovers trying to drop a few pounds, new research suggests that it’s still possible to lose weight while indulging your sweet tooth every day.Overweight and obese women who added a bit of chocolate or other sweets on top of a healthy diet plan lost about 11 pounds over four months, on average.The study was funded by Hershey’s, which provided its own candy    .. more …

Eau Claire (Press Release) – Presented by Mary Jurmain Have you tried to lose weight before and failed, or gained it back again? Have you found that most diet and weight loss advice sounds good but doesn’t seem to work in the real world? Would you like to learn a weight loss strategy that is easy to use and WORKS for people who are too busy to count calories, weigh food portions, or eat special,    .. more …

That’s not surprising, considering Dykes exercised her way from a weight of 366 pounds at the May 1 Slim Down Slidell weigh-in to 285 pounds when the competition concluded July 31. Visibly thrilled at the announcement that her 81-pound weight loss was the most by any individual participating in the contest, Dykes said she is determined to continue the healthy habits she started.”I’m going to keep    .. more …

Although it might seem intuitive that under-sleeping leads to overeating, science hasn’t yet found a direct cause-and-effect relationship between lack of sleep and being overweight. “There is a very, very strong link,” says Jim Hill , director of the Colorado Nutrition Obesity Research Center at the University of Colorado and a spokesman for the American Society for Nutrition. “People with    .. more …

Savvy grocery shopping skills are fundamental to any successful weight-loss strategy or nutritional-new-leaf you’re hoping to turn. The food you select at the market, after all, forms the basis of almost every snack and meal that you will eat.Donuts won’t magically transform into wheat toast once you’ve lugged them home and there are no low-calorie preparation techniques for fried chicken. If you    .. more …

Man am I happy now that Entourage has started up again. My Sunday fun-day is finally back in action! Jerry Ferrara , better known at Turtle , has always been one of my top three favorites in the group, next to Adrian Grenier (I’m drooling just thinking of those brown curly locks) and Jeremy Piven . But Ferrara’s recent weight loss boosts him to my No. 1 man. The 31-year-old actor dropped 55    .. more …

Savvy grocery shopping skills are fundamental to any successful weight-loss strategy or nutritional-new-leaf you’re hoping to turn. The food you select at the market, after all, forms the basis of almost every snack and meal that you will eat.Donuts won’t magically transform into wheat toast once you’ve lugged them home and there are no low-calorie preparation techniques for fried chicken. If you    .. more …