Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News

Yahoo! News: Weight Loss News


Obesity Linked to Lower Paychecks (HealthDay)

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 08:47 PM PST

HealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Obese Americans have smaller paychecks than those who aren't overweight, and this difference is especially strong among women, a new study finds.

Websites make weight-loss wagering easy (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2011 10:58 AM PST

This October 2011 photo courtesy of Karen Hill shows the LSG Sky Chefs Healthy Wage winners, from left to right, Neil Ylanan, Andy Davis, Ben Levine, Michael Sutter and Andrew Trabosh at LSG's North American Headquarters in Irving, Texas. Ylanan eats for a living and travels constantly as a food expert for a company that supplies in-flight meals to airlines. Toss in those sleepless, sluggish early years of fatherhood — he's got three young kids — and he was dealing with significant weight gain.  Looking around his office in Irving, Texas, the 37-year-old Ylanan realized he wasn't alone, so he rallied four of his fellow foodies at LSG Sky Chefs for a team weight-loss competition online.     (AP Photo/Karen Hill)AP - Neil Ylanan eats for a living and travels constantly as a food expert for a company that supplies in-flight meals to airlines. Toss in those sleepless, sluggish early years of fatherhood — he's got three young kids — and he was dealing with significant weight gain.


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