The April 2009 issue of The Southern Health Magazine was distributed with the newspaper two days ago. If you didn’t get a chance to see it as yet, visit the health web site online and read the stories.
The cover story talked about why you need to have “the talk” with your child.
“So far in the [...]
If you’re trying to lose weight and think cooking at home might be the way to go, think again.
A new study in the Annals of Internal Medicine reviewed classic recipes over the past 70 years and found that there has been a nearly 40 percent increase in calories per serving for nearly every recipe reviewed.
That’s [...]
If you think you have a weight problem, just wait till you read Oprah’s latest confession in the pages of O Magazine. She’s gained back all the weight she lost four years ago and is now in the dreaded 200 pound zone.
It might make you feel better to know that someone as rich and powerful [...]
Did you visit the gym this morning?
How about saying no to that extra helping of strawberry cheesecake?
If you find yourself breaking your long list of New Year’s resolutions just as soon as you made them, welcome to the club.
Statistics show that losing weight, quitting smoking and staying out of debt top our list of [...]
Who doesn’t enjoy the typical American all-you-can-eat buffet? You know you are bound to like something or the other, after all there is a vast line-up of food that is simply sitting there, waiting for you.
Now a new study in the December issue of Preventive Medicine, states that eating at buffets, cafeterias and fast food [...]
After a heavy meal on Christmas day, just when my eyes were beginning to droop, my husband came up with a wicked plan which thwarted all attempts to take a much-needed afternoon nap.
He introduced me to the Wii.
Who’d think a simple game of virtual tennis or bowling could be so fun? As I danced around [...]
On Sept. 15, 2008, Lisa Dover gave birth to Patrick Alan Dover, a bright-eyed and beautiful baby boy.
Lisa, a hot yoga instructor and certified massage therapist, at In Sync Mind Body Therapy Center in Carbondale, says she practiced yoga right up to the time she delivered her baby.
“I pretty much kept up with the yoga [...]
If you are serious about losing weight and keeping it off, you need to exercise an hour a day, five days a week.
That’s the conclusion drawn by a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The news is sufficiently disheartening for most of us who have trouble sticking to even 30 minutes of exercise a [...]
Are you addicted to food?
Mark R. Dixon, a behavior analyst at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is looking for 12 to 15 people in Southern Illinois to take part in a free, intensive program aimed at helping them turn bad choices into good ones.
The program will begin sometime this fall and consist of eight weekly one-hour [...]
Apparently morbid thoughts can trigger overeating.
If you’re thinking of your own death, or are reminded of your mortality, you start thinking about what you have done with your life so far and whether you have made a significant mark on the universe.
That in turn can result in overeating according to new research [...]
