We all know it’s illegal to discriminate against people on the basis of age, race, gender or sexual orientation, but researchers from Yale have found that widespread discrimination exists against the overweight. I am sure this information is nothing new to anyone who has ever struggled with their weight. The dirty looks you get when [...]

A recent study of Australian adults shows that each daily one-hour increase in “couch potato” sitting time while watching television upped the rate of metabolic syndrome in women by 26 percent — regardless of the amount of exercise they did.   Metabolic syndrome is the presence of three or more heart disease risk factors including high [...]

Don’t get me wrong, exercise is good for you and should definitely be regularly included into your regime, however according to this article obsessive exercise can also become a roadblock. How you ask? Let me explain. Exercise burns calories which in turn makes you lose weight however exercise has another side-effect: it stimulates hunger. This [...]

In less than 2 weeks I will be participating in the Beaches Jazz Tune Up 5K Walk with Slimband colleagues, patients and MySlimband members. I am very excited about this because I feel not only is it away for myself to get more active this summer in a fun way, but I believe this event [...]