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Traditionally, losing weight has required short-term sacrifices for long-term benefits.
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At 6-feet-4, the 46-year-old Mr. Rhodes isn't concerned about losing weight but rather keeping it on, and maintaining his stamina requires a 50-minute workout with a personal trainer three times a week.
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Matt and Mike had a sense of competition -- when his dad was losing weight more quickly, Matt took up basketball to catch up.
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His family said he had become very unwell, had been in a lot of pain and had clearly been losing a lot of weight, but no-one had seemed to know why he had not been recovering.
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First of all, at 16 years old you are in the midst of an important period for growth and bone development, and losing weight too quickly (more than 1-2 pounds per week), could result in bone loss which could affect bone density in adulthood.
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In a HealthyWage study of 66 employees of a health-care company, more than 2 out of 3 men hit a seven-month target of losing 10% of their weight, compared with only 1 in 4 four women, Mr. Roddenberry says.
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When you run out of points for a day, you have to resort to zero-point foods like carrots, or risk not losing weight.
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How, then, can we fulfill our sometimes-unpleasant New Year's resolutions, such as losing weight or kicking a bad habit?
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Adapting her talents to the demand of her customers, Judi reshaped her class and incorporated jazz technique into easy-to-follow routines that focused more on getting students active and losing weight than on learning complex dance moves.
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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.
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