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The Someone Like You hitmaker has apparently embarked on a fitness regime in a bid to drop two dress sizes before the summer.

Having shed several pounds after undergoing surgery on her vocal chords last year, Adele has also quit smoking and is said to been keen to continue her good work.

A source told The Sun: "Adele has found so much more energy now she's quit smoking. She really wants to get healthier, now that she's half-way there.

"She had always been curious about taking up Pilates but until recently there just hadn't been any time."

Last month fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld came under fire after branding Adele a "little too fat", but the 23-year-old singer insists she would never lose weight for anyone other than herself.

She told People Magazine: "I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.

"I'd lose weight if I was an actress and had to play a role where you're supposed to be 40lbs lighter, but weight has nothing to do with my career. Even when I was signing [a contract], most of the industry knew if anyone ever dared say [lose weight] to me, they wouldn't be working with me."

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Adele reportedly wants to drop two dress sizes in time for summer.

Adele reportedly wants to lose weight.

The 'Someone Like You' hitmaker has apparently embarked on a fitness regime in a bid to drop two dress sizes before the summer.

Having shed several pounds after undergoing surgery on her vocal chords last year, Adele has also quit smoking and is said to been keen to continue her good work.

A source told The Sun newspaper: ''Adele has found so much more energy now she's quit smoking. She really wants to get healthier, now that she's half-way there.

''She had always been curious about taking up Pilates but until recently there just hadn't been any time.''

Last month fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld came under fire after branding Adele a ''little too fat'', but the 23-year-old singer insists she would never lose weight for anyone other than herself.

She told People Magazine: ''I've never wanted to look like models on the cover of magazines. I represent the majority of women and I'm very proud of that.

''I'd lose weight if I was an actress and had to play a role where you're supposed to be 40lbs lighter, but weight has nothing to do with my career. Even when I was signing [a contract], most of the industry knew if anyone ever dared say [lose weight] to me, they wouldn't be working with me.''

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Managing your calorie intake, along with regular exercise, is absolutely necessary for healthy weight loss. And when you combine the two, you can lose weight and keep it off permanently.

But how do you get yourself to consistently cut calories to lose weight while eating healthy?

Here are some proven tips you can put to work immediately to start cutting hundreds of calories a day on a healthy diet and begin losing weight right now. Remember, every calorie counts.

Cutting Calories to Lose Weight

For a start, use smaller plates or bowls for all your meals and measure your portions by the cupful. This simple step will help you cut back on calories and still eat healthy foods.

Also, never ever eat any food straight out of the box, bag or container. Thats the easiest way to go totally unconscious about what youre eating and how many calories youre consuming.

And, if you want to lose weight fast and safe and stay healthy, you definitely need to be conscious of how many calories youre eating and know how many calories to lose weight.

You can also cut hundreds of calories a day by drinking nothing but pure, clean water rather than fruit juice, sweetened iced tea or sodas (whether theyre diet or not). For example, a 12 ounce can of soda has ten or more teaspoons of sugar adding up to 150 calories per can.

And did you know that sugary drinks dont really quench your thirst? Theyre diuretics that cause excess urine elimination, which only makes you thirstier. Sugary drinks also dull your taste buds, which makes you crave more sugary drinks. In other words, sugary drinks are addictive.

So, since sodas contribute to emotional eating and overeating, its best to stick with water.

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PARENTS wondering how to help their overweight children to slim down could do well to take a long, hard look in the mirror.

Researchers found that obese youngsters were far more successful at shedding the excess pounds if their parents got in shape with them.

"We looked at things such as parenting skills and styles, or changing the home food environment, and how they impacted a child's weight," said study author Dr Kerri N Boutelle at UC San Diego.

"The number one way in which parents can help an obese child lose weight? Lose weight themselves. In this study, it was the most important predictor of child weight loss."

Researchers from UC San Diego and the University of Minnesota looked at 80 parent-child groups with an eight to 12-year-old overweight or obese child. They participated in a parent-only or parent and child treatment program for five months.

The study focused on evaluating the impact of three types of parenting skills taught in family-based behavioral treatment for childhood obesity, and the impact of each on the child's body weight.

These were: Behaviours to help the parents lose weight and act as a role model, changes in the home food environment and parenting techniques (such as the ability to limit the child's intake).

The researchers found it was only when the parents slimmed down that the children consistently did likewise.

They concluded in the journal Obesity that doctors should focus on encouraging parents to lose weight to help their overweight or obese child in weight management.

"Parents are the most significant people in a child's environment, serving as the first and most important teachers," said Dr Boutelle.

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Should you subject your body to all the popular extremes you come across?

Today's youngsters like to live dangerously, or "on the edge". It gives them a thrill and the adrenaline rushes that they crave from time to time. Should one, however, take the same stance when it comes to a weight loss regimen? Are dietary 'ups' and 'downs' really good for your health?

Here, we address some of the popular ways people try to lose weight these days.

Skipping meals, starving and fasting

When it comes to losing weight, the first thing that comes to mind is that the less you eat, the more weight you lose. Better still, skip a meal -- and the easiest meal to skip is breakfast, as most of us are hard-up for time in the mornings, right? Well, this approach is completely wrong!

While it does result in some amount of weight loss, it also results in muscle loss and water loss, which could pose big health risks. Apart from this, it sends wrong signals to the system. As a result, skipping meals and fasting will cause the body's metabolism to slow down and it will require lesser calories to survive; in other words, the burning of calories is slower and lower in number. So in the long run, it will defeat the very purpose of your weight loss plans.

LifeMojo is one of the most trusted sources of information about good health and wellness. To those who want to manage their health themselves, LifeMojo provides necessary information, tips, tracking tools and support to help them stay informed and motivated.

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The number one way parents can help an obese child lose weight? Lose weight themselves, says a new study.

More than restocking the fridge or parenting styles, researchers from California found that a parent's own weight is the most influential factor and key contributor to the successful weight loss of an obese child.

The study was published online March 14 in the journal Obesity.

"Parents are the most significant people in a child's environment, serving as the first and most important teachers," said study co-author Kerri Boutelle of the University of California, San Diego in a statement. "They play a significant role in any weight-loss program for children, and this study confirms the importance of their example in establishing healthy eating and exercise behaviors for their kids."

For their study, researchers examined the effectiveness of three types of parenting skills among 142 families. Kids ranged between the ages of 8 and 12 and were either overweight or obese.

Their conclusion? Parents serving as role models and shed weight themselves proved to be the most inspiring and motivational method for their own children -- more than making changes to the home food environment or enrolling kids in physical activities, researchers said.

But the latest parent-child obesity study runs counter to another analysis published in 2010 in which researchers concluded that parental influence on their child's eating behavior is limited.

In their meta-analysis of worldwide studies from 1980, US researchers said the family environment only plays a "partial role" and that young people are influenced by a set of broad and complex factors that includes everything from school, peer influence, government policies, food production and advertising.

It's estimated that about 31 percent of American children -- or approximately five million -- are overweight or obese.

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Obese children were most likely to lose weight if their parents did at the same time

By Claire Bates

PUBLISHED: 11:42 EST, 15 March 2012 | UPDATED: 11:51 EST, 15 March 2012

Parents wondering how to help their overweight children to slim down could do well to take a long, hard look in the mirror.

Researchers found that obese youngsters were far more successful at shedding the excess pounds if their parents got in shape with them.

'We looked at things such as parenting skills and styles, or changing the home food environment, and how they impacted a child's weight,' said study author Dr Kerri N. Boutelle at UC San Diego.

Support: The best predictor of child weight loss was if the parents had slimmed down at the same time

'The number one way in which parents can help an obese child lose weight? Lose weight themselves. In this study, it was the most important predictor of child weight loss.'

Researchers from UC San Diego and the University of Minnesota looked at eighty parent-child groups with an 8 to 12-year-old overweight or obese child. They participated in a parent-only or parent and child treatment program for five months.

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SAN DIEGO A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Minnesota indicates that a parent's weight change is a key contributor to the success of a child's weight loss in family-based treatment of childhood obesity. The results were published today (March 14) in the advanced online edition of the journal Obesity.

"We looked at things such as parenting skills and styles, or changing the home food environment, and how they impacted a child's weight," said Kerri N. Boutelle, associate professor of pediatrics and psychiatry at UC San Diego and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego. "The No.1 way in which parents can help an obese child lose weight? Lose weight themselves. In this study, it was the most important predictor of child weight loss."

Recent data suggests that 31 percent of children in the United States are overweight or obese, or between 4 million and 5 million children. Current treatment programs generally require participation by both parents and children in a plan that combines nutrition education and exercise with behavior therapy techniques.

"Parents are the most significant people in a child's environment, serving as the first and most important teachers," said Boutelle "They play a significant role in any weight-loss program for children, and this study confirms the importance of their example in establishing healthy eating and exercise behaviors for their kids."

The researchers looked at 80 parent-child groups with an 8- to 12-year-old overweight or obese child, who participated in a parent-only or parent + child treatment program for five months.

The study focused on evaluating the impact of three types of parenting skills taught in family-based behavioral treatment for childhood obesity, and the impact of each on the child's body weight: the parent modeling behaviors to promote their own weight loss, changes in home food environment, and parenting style and techniques (for example, a parent's ability to help limit the child's eating behavior, encouraging the child and participating in program activities).

Consistent with previously published research, parent BMI change was the only significant predictor of child's weight loss.

The researchers concluded that clinicians should focus on encouraging parents to lose weight to help their overweight or obese child in weight management.

For more information about weight loss programs for children and adolescents at UC San Diego, visit http://www.obesitytreatment.ucsd.edu or email Kidsweight@ucsd.edu.

Additional contributors to the study include Guy Cafri, UC San Diego Child and Adolescent Services Research Center, and Scott J. Crown, University of Minnesota.

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If youve always had an average body mass index (BMI), then youve probably never been taunted as much as those constantly struggling with their weight. Admittedly, society can be quite harsh with people who are obese. In fact, according to a study published in the International Journal of Obesity, even after they have lost weight, obese individuals still risk facing other peoples criticism, depending on how they were able to reduce their weight.

A group of 73 psychology students were shown a photograph of an obese woman who had a BMI of almost 40. They were also given the womans biographical data and were then asked questions about her lifestyle. They scored her personality and behavioral characteristics as well.

Afterward, they were shown another picture of the same woman wearing similar clothes, expression and pose. The only striking difference was that the woman had already lost weight and had brought her BMI down to just 22. The participants were told different reasons for the weight loss. Some were told that it was due to surgery or diet and exercise while others were not given an explanation at all.

Results? The students who were told that the weight loss was due to diet and exercise gave the woman a favorable rating. Even those who werent given any explanation at all thought that the woman lost it all because of proper exercise and discipline. However, those who were told that the weight loss was due to surgery were less forgiving in their ratings.

The researchers noted in the paper that people often thought losing weight through surgery meant individuals didn't have to be disciplined or put in any effort, unlike those who exercised or dieted. "Thus, despite choosing to undergo weight-loss surgery to better their health and reduce weight stigma, obese individuals may continue to be viewed as conforming to the obesity stereotype, and hence be considered lazy and lacking willpower," they wrote.

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Published: March. 14, 2012 at 1:16 AM

SAN DIEGO, March 14 (UPI) -- Overweight people who lose weight, especially belly fat, can improve blood vessel function no matter what diet they choose, U.S. researchers say.

Lead investigator Kerry J. Stewart, a professor of medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, who is also director of clinical and research exercise physiology at The Johns Hopkins Heart and Vascular Institute, studied 60 men and women who weighed an average of 215 pounds at the start of the program.

Being overweight increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, especially if the fat is accumulated in the belly above the waist, Stewart said.

Half of the participants went on a low-carb diet while the others followed a low-fat diet. All took part in moderate exercise and their diets provided a similar amount of calories each day.

In the six-month weight-loss study, the researchers found the more belly fat the participants lost, the better their arteries were able to expand when needed, allowing more blood to flow more freely.

The researchers found participants in the study who were on a low-carb diet lost about 10 pounds more, on average, than those on a low-fat diet.

The findings were presented at the American Heart Association scientific meeting in San Diego.

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