Track everything -- While keeping a food journal is important for all dieters, it is particularly important if you don't have much weight to lose, as even small, seemingly inconsequential things like a slice of cheese or mayo on a sandwich, a larger size non-fat latte, or a second glass of wine, juice or soda, can interfere with weight loss.

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These love to pretend that they live in one of the world's toughest urban jungles, beset by warring gangs and malevolent Nature, when, in reality, the biggest danger they face is that the person behind the counter at Starbucks might mis-hear their order for a double tall, decaf, non-fat latte with a vanilla shot and make their coffee with full-fat milk by mistake.

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Milk naturally contains non-uniform globules of fat.

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The French scientists looked at 163 non-drinkers who had fatty livers - where fat deposits build up in the organ, potentially leading to formation of fibrous tissue and then to cirrhosis or even liver cancer - to see how many of them had the sleep disorder.

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Try to eat non-cream-based soups, lots of non-starchy vegetables and salads (but watch the dressing and high-fat toppings), and low-fat or nonfat dairy with most meals and snacks to get adequate food volume with fewer calories.

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Fringe retailers, by her definition, are those shops that specialise in food high in salt, fat and sugar, plus non-food items such as fizzy drinks.

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There is strong scientific evidence that excess body fat is a risk factor for cancer, as well as other non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.

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For support, he points to a fat new report he has recently received from a group of people used to running such non-profit institutions as the Federal Reserve, Yale and the Northern Ireland peace process.

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