The measuring sticks for the rankings are nutrition, daily calories, drop-out rates and both short- and long-term weight loss scores from published clinical studies.
On Thursday, the Public Citizen Health Research Group petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban the only approved long-term weight-loss drug, orlistat.
Karen Miller Kovach , its chief scientist, says the decision was made because there's no long-term data to show that weight-loss programs for children work.
It is important not to cut carbohydrates significantly on days that you are exercising strenuously, as this will negatively affect your energy level and will probably result in loss of lean body mass (muscle, bone, and water) which can impair weight loss efforts long term.
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The only sure way to maintain a healthy weight is through long-term lifestyle changes involving both eating habits and exercise.
Some succeed in taking weight off, but perhaps just 5% manage to keep the weight off over the long term.
Although most short-term risks are mild -- bloating, weight gain and abdominal pain -- less is known about long-term risks.
Also, employees need to be followed long term to make sure they have kept off the weight.
Crucially the value of this long-term pay is discounted, so it has a lower weight within the ratio.
Traditionally, losing weight has required short-term sacrifices for long-term benefits.
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In advising clients with a long-term focus, Warne and Edward Jones try not to give too much weight to short-term factors.
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Last week, Barclays Capital recommended an equal weight position on Petrobras, citing its prospects as a good long-term hold, but warned of short term depression in the stock.
That's a fancy term for the long list of terrible diseases you can develop when you carry around too much weight.
"We raise great concern about temporary weight reductions that are rapid, particularly using diets that are potentially harmful long-term, " said Eckel.
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The energy release from nuclear fission is roughly a million times greater per unit weight than fossil fuels, which is why nuclear fission is such a compelling long term energy source.
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Low-birth weight is linked to an increased risk death and disability, and a range of long-term health problems, such as diabetes, heart disease, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and depression.
For example, the current reported inflation rate is only 1.6% (compared to a long-term average of about 3%), but this rate is depressed due to the 40% weight in the Consumer Price Index from housing.
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