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		<title>Sloth = Sin</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/07/05/sloth-sin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fighting obesity may seem hard, even impossible to some. But, the truth is, it&#8217;s not impossible, and it might not even be hard if one has the right tools and knows the right techniques. Today we will discuss the tools that may help in one&#8217;s endeavors to lose weight. There are several tools that come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lap Band Surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/09/lap-band-surgery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:43:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[wpyt_profile1]yYJ0ZJMnmYg[/wpyt_profile1]
In the recent years, obesity has become a major health issue throughout the world and most prevailing in North America.  Researchers have concluded that obesity is a number-one controllable cause of many other health complications like cardiovascular diseases (heart diseases and high blood pressure), sleep apnea, diabetes and cancer.  It also makes it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gut Flora and Obesity</title>
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		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/05/gut-flora-and-obesity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, research has shown that the gut flora is different between lean and obese people, which can affect the metabolic potential.  The difference in the gut flora’s metabolic potential may cause a larger ability to harvest energy contributing to obesity.  Yet, researchers have not been able to find whether or not these differences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alternatives to Surgery: Low Calorie Dieting</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/05/alternatives-to-surgery-low-calorie-dieting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/05/alternatives-to-surgery-low-calorie-dieting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is part 3 of our ongoing series: Alternatives to Surgery
Low calorie dieting, one of the four main diet methods, is another popular way for people to lose weight.  Meta-analysis has shown that a low calorie diet over two months can help an adult person lose an average of 7 pounds.  The main component of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Etymology of Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/02/etymology-of-obesity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 07:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[etymology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obesity, like most words in the English language, is derived from a Latin word. The Latin &#8220;obesitas&#8221; can mean &#8220;fat,&#8221; &#8220;plump,&#8221; or &#8220;stout.&#8221; That Latin phrase is actually formed using two shorter components. They are as follows:
1. Ob means over.
2. Ēsus (esitas) means to eat in a past participle form (the only form of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Importance Of BMI</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/02/importance-of-bmi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Body mass index (BMI) was invented in the 1800s by a statiscian and antropometrist from Belgium named Adolphe Quetelet.  BMI quite accurately estimates body fat mass in terms of body fat percentage within the body, and is used to measure the levels of fat in the adult population.  However, there are some circumstances where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dads</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/01/dads/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a special story that our editorial team decided to select as a New Year&#8217;s Special.  Hope you enjoy it.
Once upon a time there was a quiet, shy little blonde haired girl whose Daddy was a tough Master Sergeant in the Army. On the day she was born, her Daddy came to the hospital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update, and Link Love</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/01/update-and-link-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/01/update-and-link-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Habit-A-Week Challenge is on hiatus this week, not only because I am kinda busy with other things, but also because so many bloggers and readers are also on hiatus (hopefully not having one last hurrah with all their favorite foods, but we&#8217;ll see. They&#8217;ll be back on January 2).
I thought I&#8217;d post a brief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTO Gene: How It Is Linked To Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/01/fto-gene-how-it-is-linked-to-obesity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/01/fto-gene-how-it-is-linked-to-obesity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A variation of the FTO Gene is particularly associated with obesity. According to a report published in The New England Journal of Medicine, FTO Gene plays a major role in the increase of obesity.
Obesity is a problem which not only associate with poor metabolism or less physical activity but it is also much more to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yogurt: Helpful To Reduce Obesity</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/01/yogurt-helpful-to-reduce-obesity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2009/01/01/yogurt-helpful-to-reduce-obesity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now a days obesity become a big problem, every body want to lose their extra weight and for that people generally search for such methods by which they can reduce their extra pounds easily.
To achieve better results people usually follow various types of diet plans or use various obesity pills. Generally these pill or diet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update, and You Can Give</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/25/update-and-you-can-give/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/25/update-and-you-can-give/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I weighed in today and my week of indulgence has cost me 5 pounds. The same five pounds that took me half of December to lose! I&#8217;m not discouraged, but I think it&#8217;s important to note that this is why a lot of people give up and regain ALL of their weight. I worked very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Causes Of Overweight And Obesity &#8211; Test Yourself</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/25/causes-of-overweight-and-obesity-test-yourself/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/25/causes-of-overweight-and-obesity-test-yourself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several misconceptions regarding the causes of overweight and obesity. In order too simplify a few aspects I have compiled a quiz. Below you will find three key questions which you should be able to answer correctly if you are interested in affecting these causes positively. So, let’s start with an important general question:
1. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Childhood Obesity: Seen As Heart Disease Warning</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/25/childhood-obesity-seen-as-heart-disease-warning/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/25/childhood-obesity-seen-as-heart-disease-warning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study revealed that hitting evidence on those children who are obese or have high cholesterol show early warning signs of heart disease.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Childhood obesity is taken as an epidemic in the United States, with about 16 percent of children ages 2 to 19 considered obese. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resolutions: A Commitment to One&#8217;s Self</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/24/resolutions-a-commitment-to-ones-self/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/24/resolutions-a-commitment-to-ones-self/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 03:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always make predictions for myself on New Year&#8217;s Eve&#8230; what I think my life will be like over the coming year; how things will have changed by the time another Christmas rolls around. When I was a teenager, my predictions were shiny and bright. I&#8217;d meet the love of my life, get married, have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Important Things You Should Know About Varicose Veins And The Best Natural Remedy</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/17/the-important-things-you-should-know-about-varicose-veins-and-the-best-natural-remedy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/17/the-important-things-you-should-know-about-varicose-veins-and-the-best-natural-remedy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Obesity]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Spider Veins are the puffy, engorged veins that emerge close to the surface of your skin. These varicose usually bluish dark in color. Any vein in any part of your body can become varicose, but the most common veins that can turn to varicose veins are those that are found in the legs, feet, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acceptance</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/17/acceptance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/17/acceptance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I almost didn&#8217;t post anything today&#8230; or tomorrow. I sort of crashed today. I think the hunger was some mix of emotional/hormonal/stress-related, and today I sort of hit a wall. The kind of wall where you want to sink into a deep puddle of warm mud and just stay there forever.  So I wasn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shit List (and Hit List!) 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/17/shit-list-and-hit-list-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/17/shit-list-and-hit-list-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2008 was a great year for Fat Panic so it seems only fitting to honour a handful of people who did so much this year to ensure that people of all sizes, but especially the fatties, feel alienated from and profoundly ashamed of their bodies, confused about how best to manage their own health, responsible [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity, search filters and fat panic</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/17/obesity-search-filters-and-fat-panic/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/17/obesity-search-filters-and-fat-panic/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 13:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just mooching around The Guardian&#8217;s search pages and filters just now and I noticed some stuff that I&#8217;m going to share here. It would be really interesting to compare these search results with those of different media outlets, maybe in different countries, from different political perspectives (The Guardian is a centre-left newspaper in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forging Onward</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/17/forging-onward/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/17/forging-onward/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I slept fitfully, and this morning I woke up in a mental haze. I made my cup of tea and sat down to read my email, which I do every morning as I wake up. Through my bleary eyes I clicked to my mailbox, and the very first thing I saw was an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simon is &quot;Overweight&quot;</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/10/simon-is-overweight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/10/simon-is-overweight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sorry about the length of this entry. I don&#8217;t know how to do LiveJournal-style cuts here, can someone help me out with some easy code?
My boyfriend Simon Murphy went to the doctor&#8217;s this week to get a possible ear infection checked out. Whilst he was there, the doctor told him that he is &#8220;overweight&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working Paper</title>
		<link>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/10/working-paper/</link>
		<comments>http://www.obesitysurgeryportal.com/2008/12/10/working-paper/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve got a Working Paper online on the University of Limerick Sociology website. It&#8217;s a first draft and will be edited and revised before it&#8217;s published, but I&#8217;d welcome some feedback, if you want to share some. 
It&#8217;s a history of fat activism and includes some never-before heard interview material from Lew Louderback, who wrote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are The Causes Of Spider Veins And What’s the Best Remedy For It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of people who can get some varicose veins or spider veins in their ankles, calves or legs and there are many spider veins causes that go with it.  For one, being overweight can give your varicose veins. Between men and women, women are likely to have this kind of malady [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What You Need To Know Regarding Varicose or Spider Veins</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have varicose veins? Do you want to get rid of them?  Well, you have come to the right place and here, you will find out more about varicose veins and how to get rid of them without compromising your health. Varicose veins and spider veins usually do not need some medical treatment. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crazy Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is one of those days that I am very thankful I have a monthly calorie budget, because I went wayyyyyyy over my &#8220;daily&#8221; average limit. What a crazy day.
Breakfast: chai tea latte with a nice healthy bowl of oatmeal with walnuts and pumpkin(it was all downhill from there.)Lunch at the mall: one slice of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Beginning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have something very personal to talk about. It&#8217;s close to me. Like a lot of you have become. That&#8217;s why I am writing about it here&#8230; because I need to, and this is like talking to friends. To family, almost. And, this is affecting me deeply and is going to affect my eating and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking And Obesity: Raises The Death Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you all know both obesity and smoking is not good for your health, but now in a recent research it has been found that people who are obese and the habit of smoking are dying early than other people.
Both obesity and smoking will lead to many types of harmful diseases and deadly cancers.
People who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obesity Facts: Rising Obesity May Double The Cancer Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to some experts, if the necessary steps are not taken to control the rising problem of obesity then the people who are suffering from cancer could double in the coming 40 years.
According to Professor Martin Wiseman, medical and scientific adviser at the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), “Today’s children face a future that is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maintaining A Food Diary Can Double Your Weight Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you want to chuck out those extra pounds?
According to a new study, all you are require to do is simply write down your daily food intake for it that can double your weight loss.
The study, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, followed 1,700 overweight people over six months, and pointed out that those who [...]
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