Archive for January, 2012

Activity Monitoring Helps Weight Loss and Fitness

January 13, 2012 — From Your Weight Matters magazine, Winter, 2012: Until a few decades ago, the biggest inroads technology made into the world of fitness and weight management was a pedometer. Now, the technology of body monitoring is evolving almost as fast as that of computers and smartphones.

Alcoholism and Obesity May be More Related than We Realize

January 13, 2012 — From Your Weight Matters magazine, Winter, 2012: Both conditions are characterized by periods of loss of control, whether that loss of control is a result of a moment of personal weakness, genetics or the environment. But are the same brain circuits involved?