Trouble is, the myths surrounding weight loss are widely held and longstanding (including this list from an article just last week in the New York Times: Myths of Weight Loss Are Plentiful, Researcher Says).

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The list of heavy-weight retailers launching group buying is growing and growing.

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Talk about weak volume, EKH trades just over 100 shares a day, but makes the list because of a weight of almost 9% to Ireland.

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Without the space to list age, height, weight and coloring, screenwriters aim for one original, defining detail.

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Of course, these ePad Femme preselected apps will do almost everything a woman needs in life, from helping her create a shopping list to tracking weight loss to whatever it is the perfume app does.

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That's a fancy term for the long list of terrible diseases you can develop when you carry around too much weight.

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But broadcasters still carry political weight, and many members of Congress fear them, so I found myself on the witness list this morning addressing why this idea makes as much sense as requiring every car be led by a horse.

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The 4-Hour Body, Ferriss' treatise on using tracking to lose weight, maximize efficiency and "become superhuman, " shot to the top of the New York Times bestseller list in January.

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