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New Fitness Test Blurs Line Between Trainers And Doctors

Many people hit the gym to lose weight, but what they’re doing to drop pounds is changing. At Lifetime Fitness, some are now putting themselves through tests more likely to be found in a doctor’s office than a gym.

2013/03/14

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How To Shed Pounds Before Spring Break

Spring break is right around the corner, with all the nice weather, sunny beaches and warm waters that go along with it. Unfortunately, there’s also some accompanying pressure to trim down after spending winter under so many layers.

2013/03/04

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How To Help Your Overweight Partner Improve Their Health

It’s not an easy topic to talk about — your partner’s weight. Now, a new study shows more conflict between mixed-weight couples where one is overweight and the other is not.

2013/02/27

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How Reliable Is The Scale For Our Weight?

Most of us go through the battle of the bulge at one point or another. Stepping on and off the scale, many worry about what that number staring back will be.

2013/02/08

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Good Question: ‘Reply All’: Calories, Credits And Baby Carrots

Betty Kline from Winona gets us started. As we vacillate between hot and cold weather, she wondered: Is it easier to burn calories in the winter or summer?

2012/09/21

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Kids Get Help To Battle Obesity At Camp Wabi

For many kids, summer includes a trip to camp where they learn and make new friends but the mission is much bigger at one camp: tackling kids’ widening waistlines.

2012/08/20

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How To Avoid The ‘Freshman 15′ At College

We’ve heard of the dreaded “Freshman 15″ — the 15 pounds first-year college students are said to gain when they go off to school.

2012/08/03

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Health Experts Offer Solution For Excess Skin After Weight Loss

One side effect for having surgery to lose a lot of weight: Excess skin. Now some doctors are offering a solution.

2012/06/26

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FDA Approves New Treatment To Battle Cellulite

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new treatment to combat cellulite called “Cellulaze.”

2012/06/14

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Want To Look Younger, Feel Younger, Burn Calories? Try Freezing

What would you go through to look younger, feel younger and burn calories? Would you be willing to freeze your butt off? People in the Twin Cities are exposing themselves to 220 degrees below zero for just those reasons.

2012/05/17

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Technology To Help You Track Fitness Goals

When you start a new workout routine it’s much more helpful to achieve your goals if you can see your progress. That way you know if your endurance is increasing, if you’re losing or gaining weight, and if you’re getting stronger.

2012/01/17

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Bypass Vs. Binding: What’s Effective For Weight Loss?

Every year about 220,000 Americans have weight loss surgery. That’s more than twice as many from just a decade ago. There are two common types of procedures, and a new study finds that one may be more effective.

2012/01/16

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Frank Loses Nearly 20 Pounds In 1 Month On ‘Paleo Diet’

When it comes to diets, it seems there’s always a new fad or trendy way to lose weight. I started a new a diet a little over a month ago. It’s popular, but it’s not a fad. In fact, its ancient.

2011/11/23

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Time To Work Off Those State Fair Pounds

The Minnesota State Fair has come and gone, but any extra weight you may have gained is likely still around.

2011/09/08

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Teens Too Young For Gastric Bypass?

MSNBC talks about a teenager who underwent the weight loss surgery. Are your teen years the wrong time to get that surgery? Watch the story.

2011/08/17

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