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...grandmother subscribed me to Reader’s Digest. Most weeks, I don’t even take it out of the plastic baggy before I launch it into the trash. It just screams, “Read me, you gullible guy you!” You know? Anyway, this week, I glanced at the cover as I was holding it above the garbage. It read, “10 Simple Keys to a Happy Life.” Well! Maybe this would be worth reading after all! (I figured there was a chance, albeit small, that...
Keeping secrets from the people we love is extremely common, experts say, and money is among the most difficult subjects for couples to discuss openly. Forty percent of the men and women polled by reader's digest in 2001 admitted lying to their spouses. The most frequent lie--covering up the price of a purchase--was money related. While such relatively minor fibs are by far the most common, women's more substantial financial secrets range from saving money to surprise a spouse with an expensive gift to hiding assets from a husband in anticipation of a divorce...
...they ensure that five year-old Johnny will not Supersize his Mountain Dew, and that “would you like fries with that?” is not commonplace dinner discourse? For Critser, the element of self-control and discipline is perhaps the hardest factor for Americans to digest. Will we encourage ourselves to run that marathon or are we content to watch the eight-hour Simpsons marathon on TBS? Obesity is a national crisis, but it also bears likeness to a game of dodgeball—will we play or will we remain easy targets...
...several medications on the market that limit the body's ability to digest fat, Xenical (also called orlistat) was approved for adults in 1999. In fact, it was the FDA that originally encouraged Xenical's manufacturer, Hoffman-La Roche, to study its effectiveness in the pediatric population. The company selected 357 obese kids ages 12 to 16 and put them on both Xenical and a low-fat diet. As a control, 182 equally overweight teens were put on the same diet and a placebo. At the end of the study, the Xenical children had lower body-mass indexes than...
...were "demimondaines," and press releases were preceded by the phrase, "The tom toms have it ..." His signature sign-off was, "But I don't give a hoot." The column was one of the most popular on the Bangkok Post's website?on average, 30,000 readers logged on to digest it every week?but the Post has decided to drop it. Said editor Veera Prateepchaikul: "Do you want something that's modern, or something from 30-40 years...