•	Obesity May Worsen Impact of Asthma   HealthDay
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•	Many Cancer Survivors Are Overweight and Sedentary: Study   HealthDay
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•	Too Little Sleep Leads to Too Much Weight for Kids   HealthDay

What's a healthy weight for one person may be too much for another, because your bone structure and the amount you exercise both count. Still, here are some overall ways to find out how fit you are. • BMI calculator • Ideal weight calculator • Can you be fit and fat? • Special Report: What's wrong with the American diet? Exercise, nutrition, and portion control go a long way toward helping you control your weight -- as can sorting out emotional issues around eating. Here are some ways to jumpstart your weight control plan. • Eight simple steps to weight loss • Walking to lose weight • Eating and emotional issues: "The Solution" • Eating well alla Italiana • Fast food pitfalls • Calorie burn calculator • Calorie needs calculator • How I finally lost weight • Downsize this! The fun of smaller portions • Easy ways to trim fat off your meals Five million Americans have eating disorders, and millions more pour their money into pills, drinks, and devices that promise to help them drop pounds overnight. Most of these products are a waste of money, and some are dangerous. Check out our special reports: • The dangers of ephedra • Diet pills: Herbal industry cover-up • First Person: Addicted to exercise • Abdominal machines: Do they work? • Why do so many of us have poor body images? • Eating Disorders • Anorexia • Bulimia • Binge eating • Book Review: The Adonis Complex Kids struggle with their weight too, risking Type 2 diabetes if they're overweight and eating disorders if they're obsessed with losing weight. Here are some tools to help keep your child's weight in balance. • Getting kids moving • Skinny kids • Overweight kids • Teens: Obesity and the Type 2 diabetes epidemic • Book Review: Fast Food Nation • Quick and healthy lunches

Q: Do You Read Nutrition Labels?     Yes, to eat a healthy or balanced diet     Yes, it helps me stay on my weight loss program     Yes, I need to watch out for certain ingredients     No, not really See past polls

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• A Tale of a Few Cities: How Sprawl Affects Your Waistline • Abdominal Machines: Do They Work? • Ask The Expert: Overweight Teen • Ask The Expert: Weight Loss • Ask the Expert: Sedentary Job and Weight Loss • Audio: Kids and Obesity • Book Review: Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy • Book Review: Fast Food Nation • Book Review: Generation Extra Large • Book Review: Healthy Jewish Cooking • Book Review: Light Ethnic Cooking • Book Review: The Adonis Complex • Children and Exercise • Craving Sugar • Diet Fads • Downsize This! The Fun of Smaller Portions • Eating Healthy alla Italiana • Eight Keys to Losing Weight • Exclusive Interview: Exercise Lite • Fast Food Pitfalls • First Person: Dysfunctional High School Days • First Person: Farewell to the Sugar Shack • First Person: Heart Attack Diary -- Part IV, 20 Years Later • First Person: Love Those Chips! • First Person: Why No One Walks • Fit and Fat • Guidelines on Childhood Obesity • Heart Disease and Weight • High Protein Diets • How I Finally Lost Weight • Ideal Weight Calculator • Kids, Soda, and Obesity • Low-Fat Meals • Obesity: Not Just for Mid-Life Anymore • Q & A: My Teen's Weight • Q&A: Appetite Suppressants • Q&A: Atkins Diet and Brain Fog • Q&A: Losing Weight • Q&A: Pre-Teens and Exercise • Q&A: The Body Type Diet • Q&A: Too Much Water? • The Dangers of Belly Fat • Walking Off the Weight • Weight Lifting to Lose Weight • Weight Loss 101, Part 1: Getting Started • Weight Loss 101, Part 2: Eating for Health • Weight Loss 101, Part 3: Get Moving • Weight Loss 101, Part 4: Everyday Strategies • Weight Loss 101, Part 5: Sticking With It • Weight Loss Programs vs. Fad Diets • Weight Loss for Children: A Family Affair • Weight Loss: The Solution, Part I • Weight Loss: The Solution, Part II • What's Behind the Obesity Epidemic? • What's Wrong With the American Diet? • Yo-Yo Dieting

Useful Sites • American Dietetic Association • Centers for Disease Control -- Obesity and Overweight • New York Online Access to Health (NOAH): Food and Nutrition (los Alimentos y la Nutrición) • MEDLINEplus -- Weight Loss and Dieting • Nutrio.com: Nutrition

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