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Food is to enhance our Shabbat, not make us sick. 11 essential pointers to keep you on track.
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Orthodox Jews Are Less Obese Than the Rest of...
But we're still in bad shape--more than half are overweight or obese. Stephen Savitsky talks with Dr. Mendel Singer about how we can effectively tackle this weighty issue.
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Don’t Sweat the Sweat
Your body would fry without it.
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The Simplest Way to Significantly Improve Your Health
Its physiological and psychological benefits are practically endless.
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How to Develop (and Maintain) Healthy Eating Habits
Five tips to put you on the road to weight-loss success.
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Eat This and Take Years Off Your Age
These foods will make you feel better, look better and fend off disease.
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By Aliza Beer
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Change Your Habits and Watch the Pounds Melt Away
A meal plan and a treadmill are not enough.
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Hormones for Weight Loss: “Reckless, Irresponsible and Completely Irrational”
To say there's no evidence to support claims about HCG for weight-loss would be understating the issue.
Jun 21, 2012
By Aliza Beer
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Body Mass Index: The Numbers Lie
It's not a good measure for the risk of heart attack, stroke or death. So why do doctors continue to use it?
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By Alan Freishtat
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Fight Back Against the Childhood Obesity Epidemic
Childhood obesity in this country has more than tripled in the past 30 years. Reverse the trend in your own home.
Jun 7, 2012
By Aliza Beer
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