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Smartest Diet Tips
How Can I Manage My Emotional Eating and
Get the Support I Need?
97. A registered dietitian (RD) can help you find healthy ways to
manage your weight with food. To find one in your area who consults
with private clients call (800) 366-1655.
98. The best place to drop pounds may be your own house of worship.
Researchers set up healthy eating and exercise programs in 16
Baltimore churches. More than 500 women participated and after a
year the most successful lost an average of 20 lb. Weight loss
programs based on faith are so successful because there's a built-in
community component that people can feel comfortable with.
99. Here's another reason to keep level-headed all the time:
Pennsylvania State University research has found that women less
able to cope with stress--shown by blood pressure and heart rate
elevations--ate twice as many fatty snacks as stress-resistant women
did, even after the stress stopped (in this case, 25 minutes of
periodic jackhammer-level noise and an unsolvable maze).
100. Sitting at a computer may help you slim down. When researchers
at Brown University School of Medicine put 92 people on online
weight loss programs for a year, those who received weekly e-mail
counseling shed 5 1/2 more pounds than those who got none.
Counselors provided weekly feedback on diet and exercise logs,
answered questions, and cheered them on. Most major online diet
programs offer many of these features.
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