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Emotional eating
Emotional eating can lead to an unhealthy cycle: your emotions influence you to overeat, you feel guilty for overeating, and your guilt makes you overeat again.
Lose Weight & Keep it Off
Why can’t we keep the weight off? Because we often go back to the same habits that made us gain weight in the first place.
Why Weight - Health Issues Magazine [pdf version]
This Health Issues Magazine gives you a lot of ideas and ways for you and your family to reach and keep a healthy weight. Read on to find out how to make lifestyle changes today that can add up to a healthier body weight and future for you and your family. Why Weight?
Why Weight? Brochure [pdf version]
Finding a healthy weight loss program can be difficult, but it’s well worth the effort.
Stress and Weight Gain [pdf version]
Most people would say that genetics, overeating, or not being active can lead to weight gain. Yet there may be another factor that can lead to being overweight that we tend to overlook: stress.
Rise and Dine
Eating breakfast can help you maintain a healthy body weight.
Body Weight
How much you weigh isn’t the only thing to keep in mind. Where you store extra fat on your body is also important.
Shifting Your Weight
Here are some tips to consider for weight loss or to stop weight gain due to the challenges associated with working the night shift or a rotating shift.
Friend or Foe: There Is A Weigh To Know
One reason you are not losing weight, could be that your social network (friends, family, co-workers) are getting in the way of your weight loss plan.
Wasted Calories
Alcohol provides a lot of calories but no nutrients - 'empty' calories.
Portion Distortion
One of the key reasons so many people are overweight is that we eat too much of the wrong types of food and drink.
Good Thoughts About Little Things
Breaking down how to lose weight into several smaller steps can make losing weight seem more within reach.
High Protein Diets [pdf version]
High-protein diets are based on the theory that eating too many carbohydrates-rich foods like breads, cereals, vegetables, and fruits stops the body from burning fat. Find out if these diets are healthy.
Losing Weight with Canada’s Food Guide
Following Canada’s Food Guide can help you achieve your healthy weight loss goals.
Healthy Weight BMI [pdf version]
Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is a measure of your weight and height to determine if your weight is healthy.
Weight Loss Is All About Shifting The Balance
Most weight loss occurs when you eat fewer calories (energy) than you burn off through daily living and planned physical activity.
Tips to Lose Weight the Healthy Weigh
Here are some tips to help you lose weight in a healthy fashion.
last modified 2010-12-14