Healthy Fitness Network

Just a few years ago, photoshopped images were something of a novelty. We published a list of sites where you could gaze at the multitude of ways that models were altered. The practice has now become so commonplace that there are websites devoted to pointing out all the mistakes made in the industry.

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Electronista

And they call us fat in America. Well, we are, but that’s beside the point!

No, your eyes don’t deceive you–that’s a 7 meat patty Burger King Whopper.

So, why does it exist? To help promote a new computer operating system, duh!

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sxc.hu: mzacha

According to the Office of the Surgeon General,

The primary concern of overweight and obesity is one of health and not appearance.

What do you think of this statement? Does it represent your thoughts on why you want to lose weight? Or, those of the overweight population as a whole?

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Lincoln University

Military, law enforcement, lifeguards, and firemen, all have weight requirements. It’s hard to protect and serve with “cankles” and cellulite.

But to graduate college? Yes, college too.

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Yea, I bet you’ve been there too. You try to lose weight, AND IT WORKS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME, then you just gain it all back…. -_-

I don’t remember how many times I’ve tried to lose weight, but here I am on the same train AGAIN, trying to lose the same pounds i tried to lose last week, last month, last year. It’s just so frustrating!!

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I notice that recently I can’t fall asleep at night despite feeling sleepy, and my heart is racing really fast. I think it’s because I’m anxious or stressed out.

I exercise in the evenings on my stair climber and do crunches and arm weights. I’m not overweight, in fact I lost 20kgs over a span of a year and been maintaining it fairly well with cutting down my food intake.

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Over the past few years we’ve seen several attempts to “grow” meat in laboratories. Scientists in the Netherlands have just announced a new attempt, creating a version of pork.

No-one’s tasted it yet!

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Is it dangerous to retouch images? Does it create an impossible to achieve ideal body image?

What are your thoughts?

While there is no clear definition of what constitutes “unsafe” weight loss, it’s probably fair to say that “The Biggest Loser” flirts with that blurry line at the best of times. Add some additional measures to the already-extreme methods imparted on TBL contestants and you have a recipe for a potentially dangerous situation.

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unwir3d

Fad diets come in many forms: South Beach, Nutrisystem, Atkins, raw food, Ornish, Genotype, Zone, and even The “Hallelujah” Diet.

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