I always wanted to be one of those people who lost weight when stressed. Unfortunately, I could pretty much track my stress levels as a function of how my weight fluctuates: more stress = more me. Like many Americans, Roger and I found that we had added more than a Read more…
As we say good-bye to 2006 and welcome in the New Year, many people turn their attention to the tradition of making resolutions. New Year’s resolutions appear to date back to the Babylonians, who apparently were more likely to resolve to return farm equipment borrowed from others than to worry Read more…
University of Florida researchers reported that morbid obesity in toddlers, defined as weighing 150 percent of normal weight, is associated with lower IQs, cognitive delays, and lesions that appear similar to those found in Alzheimer’s disease. The morbidly obese toddlers had IQs of 78, although their normal-weighted siblings had IQs Read more…