Even as teens and young adults who choose to be vegetarians reap a number of benefits -- including a healthier overall diet and a decreased risk of obesity -- some may also have a higher risk of eating disorders such as binge eating.

If you want to reduce your body fat, focus on increasing the amount of exercise you get rather than decreasing your food intake. A recent national study was done using two groups of sedentary men, one group in their 20's and the other over age 65. A lot was learned from this accumulated data and it is interesting to note that there was a significant relationship between lack of physical activity and fat. Not surprisingly, the most sedentary men had the most body fat, this was said by Dr SV Rao, Retd. Vice Dean, Gandhi Medical College during discussion over weight loss.
He said, these studies have also indicated that the governments current recommended daily allowance for calories does not correlate with the body's actual energy needs. For example, although 2400 calories have been calculated for older men, they in fact burned an average of 2800 calories daily.

> Former weight: 254 pounds

> Current weight: 145 pounds

> Pounds lost: 109 pounds

> Height: 5 feet 5 inches

> How long she’s kept it off: Anderson started in November 2004 and reached her weight-loss goal in January 2006. She’s kept it off for 3 years.

> Personal life: Anderson works in the health care field taking care of children with blood disorders and cancer. She is currently working toward a master’s degree. She lives in Loganville with husband Randy Thomas.

In Health Watch:Childhood obesity is fast becoming a healthcare epidemic in the US.Now a new study finds that the first indications may appear in the first months of life.There is often nothing cuter then the dimples and rolls on a baby.But as Diana Gumbs found out...they can also be a sign of future trouble.Diana says, 'I'm afraid that she begins to be a big girl. Like my mom, my sister.'A new study finds that rapid infant weight gain...in the first six months...is connected to childhood obesity.

A Mililani man is savoring the sweet success of losing weight and becoming healthy after he dropped 190 pounds. There was no surgery involved just diet, exercise and a whole lot of determination.

Before Dallas Carter was a 355 pound unmotivated man. Doctors said he was on course to an early death from obesity.

Last week the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry held a hearing to review the problem of obesity in the United States.

The subcommittee heard testimony from health and obesity experts about the most current statistics on obesity and the many implications of obesity on public health and communities.

Many children spend too little time outdoors and too much time in front of the TV -- and a lack of suitable outdoor spaces seems partly to blame, an Australian study suggests.

The study, of nearly 1,400 10- to 12-year-olds, found that 37 percent typically spent a half-hour or less being active outside. Few were outdoors for two hours or more on a typical day.

On the other hand, researchers found, many children devoted at least two hours per day to the TV or computer screen, with 49 percent of boys and 36 percent of girls doing so.

A Carlisle man has written of how he was driven to the brink of suicide by childhood obesity – and how he battled to overcome it

At 15 years old, Jonathan Scott, now 23, from Houghton, weighed more than 19 stone. Tormented and bullied at school, it wasn’t until he reached rock bottom that he gathered the strength to turn his life around.

Tamara Harbison is half the woman she used to be, and she's proud of it.

Losing 125 pounds has gotten the 27-year-old Morrisville waitress accolades and a trip to New York City.

It all started on April 4, 2008, when her mother gave her a copy of Dr. Ian Smith's book "The Fat Smash Diet: The Last Diet You'll Ever Need."