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...have the start date wrong. There is little that feels new or resolute about January 1, when the days are short, the trees bare and in much of the country people are wrapped in so many layers that no one can tell if they shed that extra holiday weight or not. Surely there is a better time to turn the leaf, scrub your goals, fix what's broken...
...Someday marital stress may be as important an indicator of health as cholesterol, weight or blood pressure. But like those other health indicators, a marriage needs constant work if you are going to enjoy the well-being benefits?or so I'm told. What do I know? I'm just getting started...
...year veteran of the Secret Service. "That is why we are out there looking for threats." An instructor taught us how to recognize suspected terrorists whose photos we had seen by focusing on the central triangle of a person's face, which doesn't change much with age or weight. We were trained in the use of the specially configured PDAs that all air marshals carry. These contain 34 categories of suspicious behavior--"taking pictures," "not taking a seat," "wearing clothes incompatible with the season." When a marshal makes an entry, it is immediately relayed to the systems operation division...
That's why there was such disappointment with the news, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine last week, that unlike losing weight the old-fashioned way--by eating less and moving more--liposuction makes no difference in a person's biological risk factors...
Disappointing as this study might be, there is still hope for folks who struggle with their weight. It's becoming increasingly clear that even modest weight loss--of as little as 5%--can lead to real improvements in your health. The more weight you lose--and keep off--the better. But you don't have to get all the way back to normal weight. Most of us will never see a model-slim figure in the mirror. But we can all lead healthier lives...