Weight Watchers International, Inc. is the largest provider of weight control programs in the world.
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Add to that list dentists, lawyers, doctors, maid services, headhunters, furriers, opticians, weight control specialists, psychotherapists, movers, interior decorators, plumbers.
Someone with high cholesterol may benefit from dietary counseling, preferably by a dietitian, along with weight control and exercise.
And this new approach really does open up the prospect of more effective means of weight control than those pointless yo-yo diets.
In this week's Scrubbing Up, Bridget Benelam from the British Nutrition Foundation says there needs to be clear advice on weight control for pregnant women.
The New York Department of Taxation and Finance has decided that yoga studios fall into a category of businesses specifically weight control or health salons that must pay the city's levy, officials said.
"Parents are in a really tough position, " says Dr. Elissa Jelalian, a staff psychologist at the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center who focuses on the development of intervention programs for children.
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It was Jazmin, the bar manager and a one-time personal trainer, who helped him get his weight under control.
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The guidance that a jockey provides to a horse comes through shifts of weight and control of the reins and whip.
The department believes the tax is legal under a 1971 state law which allows cities of more than a million people to collect sales tax on weight-control salons, health salons, gymnasiums, and Turkish and sauna baths.
The unfaddish Weight Watchers preaches portion control and reinforces the sermon with Alcoholics Anonymous-style group sessions.
"The guys who are laminating the boats are the ones who control the weight, " says Johns.
Kyrsten Sinema, a Democrat, said such a fee would unfairly penalize those who can't control their weight.
For people struggling to control their weight, it starts with the grocery store.
Can people control their weight better than they currently do?
At a risk of sounding like a heartless dimwit, I will dare to suggest that perhaps, if 91% of college women have attempted to control their weight, it is because many of them should.
He said it was still important that people tried to control their weight, as healthy lifestyle choices like a balanced diet and taking exercise would overwhelmingly impact on visceral, and not subcutaneous fat levels.
The second point to consider is that since nicotine is an aid to maintaining a healthy weight, why are alleged health campaigners banning products like snus and e-cigarettes which not only get people off cigarettes but could control their weight as well?
She had felt out of control of her weight, since she would lose weight but could not keep it off.
Jose Gregori, the federal secretary for human rights, says that the government will put its full political weight behind the gun-control bill, which he hopes will be approved by December.
Both drugs helped patients lose weight by elevating brain chemicals that control appetite.
He has no explanation for why the drug didn't affect the diets of 12 control subjects of normal weight.
It has been kicking for so many months that MMR was forced to control it by pouring in heavy weight muds.
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Excess weight can convey weakness or a "lack of control, " says Amanda Sanders, a New York-based image consultant who has worked with senior executives at Fortune 500 firms.
These are the gold standard randomized control trials or intervention studies, in which a control group consuming soda is monitored for weight gain over time against a group which stops drinking soda (and all other dietary and lifestyle factors are controlled for).
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The average gestation period of the six control babies was 33 weeks and their average weight 2, 075g.
It said this had been done in order to place greater weight on external economic influences over which there was limited control.
Pilots control hang gliders by shifting their own body weight, but the investigation found the teenager weighed less than the recommended pilot weight range for the glider.
More meals prepared and eaten together means better nutrition, more control over what's eaten, and less weight gain for the whole family.
Add to these internal mechanisms the shame and negative social conditioning about weight and the deck is seriously stacked against people trying to control their intake of food.
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