Healthy Fitness Network

Discussing weight issues with your kids can certainly be a sensitive one. You don’t want to sound critical, but it’s important to express concern too.

Sometimes as parents we need to step back and ask ourselves if we’ve been saying the wrong things. If our comments are hurtful in the slightest, they’re probably not worth saying!

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NY Mag

There is a strange dichotomy in the fashion world. Very lean high-fashion models regularly get called ‘fat’, yet we also laud hourglass figures on the cover of magazines.

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We all had a good laugh at the expense of the “Shake Weight” this past year. And while we were laughing at it, its creators were laughing all the way to the bank.

It turns out that the makers of the Shake Weight have mustered up some scientific validity to their product. Or maybe not – let’s have a look.

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A report published in the International Journal of Obesity, based on data from 12,000 children, found that kids who are looked after by their grandparents are more likely to be overweight than kids cared for by childminders or parents.

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Flickr: toffuttibreak

Fructose, particularly in the form of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), has been labelled the devil of all food creations. A video surfaced on youtube this past year by a well-spoken and clearly educated doctor by the name of Robert Lustig.

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Tim Sloan

“Short and fat doesn’t look good.” This what my father used to tell me. As a “husky” kid, those were, uh, comforting words.

Lucky for me, he didn’t say that stuff in public, which was good – I guess.

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My Story:
Society clearly has a huge impact on self image. Sadly, 80% of women are unhappy with their appearance and 4 out of 5 ten-year-olds are scared of being fat. Now more than ever people are struggling with eating disorders and becoming obsessed with their appearance due to the unrealistic expectations society has demanded. To put it simply, something has to change in our society.

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Hello guys!

This seems like a good decent website to post my weight goals and exercise plus meet some new friends. So, for Christmas I recieved Wii Fit, a fantastic exercise game that I would recommed to anyone, from my nana and papa to my 4 year old cousins and me.

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I have a confession to make… just in time for Valentine’s Day, I’ve fallen head over heels in love.

While the object of my affection isn’t tall and handsome, it can be dark. What’s more, now there’s another piece of evidence that the love of my life, chocolate, has health benefits.

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sxc.hu: donsimon

Do you ever wonder what others think about as they choose from a restaurant menu?

Maybe I’m just extremely nosey, but I’ve often wondered what makes people choose certain dishes. Do they have a list of “acceptable” foods, or perhaps it’s much more random, picking and choosing at will.

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