“If you go with the flow in America today,” says Thomas Freiden of the CDC, “you’ll end up obese.” He means that obesity is a side effect of progress. But not just progress: a particularly Western version of progress that we’re exporting to the rest of the world. Enormous advances in food preparation and cultivation technology. Media culture and sedentary lifestyles that participate in it. A …

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The Moral Urgency Of Obesity

As I saw it I had two options. Was I going to be happy carrying around thirty extra pounds for the rest of my life? Or was I finally going to deal with losing that weight and keeping it off?

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Kristen Houghton: Saying Good-bye to the ‘Fat’ Girl: Losing Weight Only for Myself

As a serious Classical Yoga teacher and technology maven, I wanted to do a comprehensive review of Yoga iPhone apps to weed out the best from the rest and hopefully give yogis some insight into the differing types of iPhone apps available.

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The Best Yoga Apps: A Comprehensive Review

ALL WAS well until the Pilates instructor began using my name with contempt and exasperation. ”Penny!” Translation: You are holding the rest of us up.

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The ‘Penny!’ that put paid to Pilates (The Age)

ALL WAS well until the Pilates instructor began using my name with contempt and exasperation. ”Penny!” Translation: You are holding the rest of us up.

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The ‘Penny!’ that put paid to Pilates (Brisbane Times)

The 'Penny!' that put paid to Pilates Sydney Morning Herald ALL WAS well until the Pilates instructor began using my name with contempt and exasperation. ''Penny!'' Translation: You are holding the rest of us up. …

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The ‘Penny!’ that put paid to Pilates – Sydney Morning Herald