Today, many of us unwrap presents brought down the chimney by that jolly old elf, whose main characteristic is being pleasantly overweight. According to the well-known poem, his belly shakes when [...]
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Old cancer argument doesn’t hold weight
Run a Google search about how to prevent cancer–especially how to prevent breast cancer–and you’ll find one piece of advice repeated time and time again: lose weight. But according to [...]
Loosening your belt a notch isn’t such a bad thing
Carrying a few extra pounds as you get older isn’t necessarily unhealthy. In fact, according to a new meta-analysis, you might actually live longer than someone who’s underweight. I actually came [...]