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Part 6: Making wise food choices during holiday shopping, travel 12/22/2015 05:19am • WASHINGTON — Have you been following along with the Lean Plate Clubâ„¢ Holiday Challenge? It’s not too late to join! The goal of the challenge is to simply keep your weight steady during this season of indulgences. This is the sixth talk with Sally Squires, author of the Lean Plate Clubâ„ Don't Get Left Out in the Cold: Real-Life Strategies to Survive the Winter Months 12/21/2015 07:00pm • Winter is coming, and it can pack an unhealthy punch. With the change in weather, activity levels naturally decrease, we reach for comfort foods that help us feel warm and happy, shorter days equal less daylight and let's not forget the many holidays we will encounter over the next month alone -- wh Get All the Protein You Need, Minus the Meat 12/21/2015 07:00pm • More than half of all Americans are trying to add protein to their diet, according to The NPD Group, a market research firm. But a recently published World Health Organization report that classified processed meats as "carcinogens" -- like tobacco and asbestos -- has many protein-seekers looking for Keeping Your Joints Healthy With Proper Exercise 12/21/2015 07:00pm • It's thanks to our healthy joints that we can move, run, jump, twist and turn. They're connected by ligaments and muscles for stability and have a layer of articular cartilage (smooth white tissue) on the ends of the bones to help distribute the compression forces and allow for smooth gliding when How a Cash Diet Can Kick-Start Your Money Resolutions 12/21/2015 07:00pm • After indulging in eggnog, cookies and, of course, gift-giving -- it's probably time for a diet or two. Many Americans will vow to shed those extra pounds or increase debt repayments (or both) come 2016. Those looking to get beach-body ready can try Weight Watchers, juicing and SoulCycle classes -- Sniffing Out Sugar: How to Cut Back on the Omnipresent Sweet Stuff 12/21/2015 07:00pm • In the ever-changing national narrative about how what we eat and drink, and how much, expands our waistlines and jeopardizes our health, a sweet jolt found in everything from soda to spaghetti has fast become a central villain -- and many experts say for good reason. "High sugar intake ... increa Study: Obesity more dangerous than lack of fitness 12/21/2015 05:54am • WASHINGTON — We are all encouraged to exercise more, but it appears obesity is far more dangerous than a lack of physical fitness. That is one of the findings of a massive Swedish study of 1,317,713 men in their late teens who were followed for an average of 29 years. The Swedish researcher How to Cope With an Eating Disorder Over the Holidays 12/20/2015 07:00pm • When Meggie Sexton anticipated the holidays, she thought about one thing and one thing only: the food. And not in a good way. "I didn't even think about family and friends and that camaraderie," says Sexton, a 32-year-old nonprofit account manager in Columbus, Ohio. "I was completely fearful of the Humans, Not Hangers: Why It's Time to Regulate the U.S. Fashion Industry 12/20/2015 07:00pm • "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels," Kate Moss once responded when asked whether she had any mottos. Comments like these are pervasive in the media and throughout society, and while they are easily brushed off as ridiculous by some, they continuously run through the heads of others, reinforcing 4 Balance Transfer Credit Cards to Consider for 2016 12/20/2015 07:00pm • The new year is almost here, and you know what that means, right?It means "Auld Lang Syne," giant glittering ball drops and midnight kisses. It means ridiculously named college football bowl games like the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl and the Marmot Boca Raton Bowl. It means countless lists of the year' How MS Affects the Entire Family 12/17/2015 07:00pm • There's something about multiple sclerosis, or MS, that disrupts families at every level. "I've often talked about it as the uninvited guest," says Rosalind Kalb, vice president for health care information and resources at the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. "This disease shows up in your hous 7 Dividend ETFs for the Income-Minded Investor 12/17/2015 07:00pm • Earn income with these ETFs.Just about every long-term investor is going to have an eye on income. And dividend stocks in particular are loved by most investors, thanks to their potential not just for income growth over time but also for capital appreciation. If you don't want to pick a single stock Want to Keep Your Medicare Costs Down? Get These 5 Screenings 12/17/2015 07:00pm • When it comes to keeping health care costs in check, Benjamin Franklin may have been on to something. He is said to have originated the axiom "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" -- a truth helpful for anyone hoping to keep their out-of-pocket Medicare costs to a minimum. Take, for ins 11 Healthy Veggie Recipes That Prove Slow Cookers Are for More Than Meat 12/17/2015 07:00pm • Move over, meat and potatoes.As temperatures drop, firing up the slow cooker becomes more and more attractive. But using the slow cooker doesn't have to equal dining on pot roast and potatoes. Whether you're a vegetarian or just trying to get in your five daily servings, the slow cooker can help you The mindfulness antidote to holiday emotional overeating 12/16/2015 07:00pm • The idea of eating with mindful awareness during the holidays may seem to be a bit of an oxymoron. In fact, the word holiday is more synonymous with such things as indulgence and over-consumption than anything else. The average caloric intake during a holiday turkey dinner has been estimated at abou