After all, no form of advertising carries as much weight as an endorsement from a friend.
And between the decline of free agency and their newfound fiscal restraint, their riches don't carry quite as much weight as they used to.
There was little change in micro-organisms present in the mice who had had sham operations, even though the group on the low-calorie diet lost just as much weight as the mice who had had the bypass surgery.
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We also continue to examine the way that statistical evidence is used in government policy making - or not, and conclude that quite often the evidence is as likely to give as much weight to the views of the bloke in the pub as to the standards expected by social science.
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Fancy gym machines are not as good as using your own body weight as resistance.
The weight of your lifestyle is as deadly to retirement as was the weight of unneeded heirloom furniture, stoves and extra food to the pioneers ascending the Rockies.
Their long, heavy arms, good for hanging from branches, act as pendulums to swing their weight forward as they uncoil from the crouch.
He swung the bag as if to test its weight, as if it might or might not be heavy enough to knock Con over, to change her mind about a couple of things.
This should include vigorous (jogging) and moderate aerobic exercise (a brisk walk), as well as twice-weekly activities, such as weight training, which maintain or increase muscular strength and endurance.
Hong Kong residents, for instance, buy nine times as much gold jewelry (by fine weight) as their mainland cousins.
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Harper defines toning exercises as body-specific, weight-bearing routines that build lean muscle, often using no equipment and only your own body weight as resistance.
Weight and mass are not equivalent as weight can change with gravitational changes.
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Those medications include phentermine and several other stimulants approved for weight loss in the 1950s, as well as drugs to treat diabetes, depression and attention-deficit disorder that have weight-loss as a side effect.
Doctors use the scoring systems to single out patients who could benefit from counseling about lifestyle changes, such as losing weight and quitting smoking, or from preventive interventions such as low-dose aspirin and cholesterol drugs, says Yul Ejnes, the chairman of the American College of Physicians board of regents.
This may include access to programmes, such as weight loss and smoking cessation clinics, and prescriptions for drugs such as cholesterol-busting statins.
Overweight people who want to avoid gallstones should try to lose weight, but do it gradually, as sudden weight loss can trigger gallbladder disease.
Trainee anaesthetists will be able to practice on Stan, making sure they take into account factors such as height and weight, and whether the patient has a chronic condition such as asthma or diabetes.
It said the gases had "very high global warming potentials compared to carbon dioxide", as an amount about 1g in weight could have the same effect as 1 ton of carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere.
The theory is that it is easier to lose weight as a collective effort.
The quantity was determined by weight as they were of different sizes and some had broken up.
That's the same weight as the magnets used in Iraq's gas centrifuge program before the Gulf War.
Should people be sized up by gate agents, or asked their weight as part of those pointless security questions?
If you eat more calories than you burn, usually you will gain weight as the body stores the excess.
The phone maintains roughly the same dimensions and weight as the previous iterations, and features bold, beveled lines around back.
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He hasn't gained weight as a result of the exercise, and continues to eat pizza even when not conducting reviews.
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The pickup rocked a little with the wind, but it might have been Otto's weight as he shifted to face her.
So the weight as well as the size of the eaves must be a clue to the pagoda's ability to survive.
Current muscular-dystrophy treatment includes steroids, which can help maintain muscle strength somewhat longer, but often include side effects such as weight gain.
Herbal medicines marketed as weight loss aids have been found to include a drug withdrawn in Europe and US on safety grounds.
It's roughly the same size and weight as the Galaxy Nexus but, subjectively, it seems heavier until you hold them both simultaneously.
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