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What do mannequins and marshmallows masks have in common? They're just two of the fascinating things you'll find in radio personality Elvis Duran's quirky and fun New York City office. Host of Elvis Duran and the Morning Show on Z100, Duran has been in the radio business for over 30 years, and his show is consistently ranked #1 in over 80 markets in the United States (with even more digital listeners nationwide).

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Elvis Duran's office inspires him to do better at work and in life Kyle Scott, NBC News

NBC News BETTER took a spin around his office to find out what inspires and helps him to stay ahead of pack in a very competitive business. Here the three key things we learned about how Elvis Duran keeps his eye on the prize at both work and in life:

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Want to lose weight without having to cut back your meals?

It turns out you can trick your body into feeling full for longer simply by using a square-shaped bowl, experts suggest.

So will standing up while eating, rather than sitting down.

But the good news ends there for coffee lovers as research from Oxford University suggests you shouldnt drink your morning caffeine hit with your cereal.

According to Jennifer Newton, a neuroscientist from the university, eating cereal from a square bowl increases the brains perception of nutrition and leaves it feeling more nourished as a result.

Commissioned by cereal brand Special K, she carried out a two-day experiment following the eating patterns of 78 women.

All participants were given 1 oz.of cereal, half a cupof cold semi-skim milk and a stainless steel spoon.

Some were then given round bowls to eat their breakfast and others were given square ones.

Some were also asked to eat standing up, some sitting down, some with coffee and some without.

The experiment even controlled where they ate their breakfast, with some women eating in a noisy area and others eating in a calm atmosphere.

When theyd finished, they were asked to fill out questionnaires about how nourished they felt, how the cereal tasted, and how it had affected their mood.

Newson said: Participants who consumed cereal from a round shaped bowl found it less nutritious than those eating from a square shaped bowl.

The interviews conducted with the women who took part in the experiment suggest many of us eat with our eyes because the cereal looked more appetizing in a square shaped bowl and the women found it more nutritious.

More than ever, people are eating on the go, and we found that eating standing up actually increased how wholesome people thought the cereal was.

Based on new evidence it could be argued that when were not sitting down at a breakfast table, our brains perception of nutrition is higher.

The research also concluded that the more nutritious a person thinks their cereal is, the tastier they find it.

Those who found their cereal nutritious and tasty reported feeling happier and more energized after breakfast.

And drinking coffee can actually make you think your breakfast is less tasty.

Newson said: This could be due to multisensory interactions between the different olfactory and taste sensations affecting the nutritional perception, or more indirectly through learned associations that we have attached to drinks like coffee.

The experiment highlights how the perception of nutrition, like many other aspects of human perception, is a flexible concept at the level of the brain.

A judgment that is not just based on the cereal itself, but also according to whats going on in your surroundings, your internal state of mind, and what else you are doing.

Special K nutritionist Alexa Hoyland, said: Women are more conscious of nutrition than ever before, but not enough women are thinking about how they eat may affect how they feel about their food.

Its interesting that during this experiment women ate the same nutritious cereal but their perception of this changes depending on the circumstances in which they were eating it.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook said in an interview Wednesday that the company's smartwatch helped him shed some weight.

Cook's conversation with CNBC's Jim Cramer started with the tech giant's billion-dollar initiative to promote advanced manufacturing in the U.S. The tech executive touted Apple's job creation and spending within the country over $50 billion spent last year, and 2 million new position created and promised to hire even more Americans.

But it took a personal turn when Cramer tried to discuss potential new products. Cook brought up the Apple Watch's renewed focus as a healthcare gadget. (Recent reports have also suggested that Apple may be developing glucose-monitoring devices in the long run.)

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"The watch has been an incredible move into health," he told Cramer, who then asked: "For you too?"

"Yes, for me too," Cook answered. "I lost 30 pounds, partly to my watch," he continued, saying the device's constant feedback "motivates" users and "makes a difference over time."

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When her 185-lb. weight loss left her with large amounts of excess skin, Jessica Weber didnt let it bring her down. Instead, shes sharing body-baring photos on Instagram to help others stay just as positive.

Weber, 23, decided to finally lose weight after she hit 383 lbs., and had an emotional talk with her mom.

My mom actually started crying, and told me she thought Id die before her, the Illinois-based Walmart associate tells PEOPLE. It just hit me hard, and I knew I had to start losing weight. It became my motivation!

Now she sticks to a low-carb, high-fat diet that has her down to 198 lbs. in just 15 months but it hasnt been easy.

Im not perfect by any means, and I do stray off of it, but thats what I stick to for the most part, Weber says. So far its been a constant struggle. I have to wake up every day and convince my mind that this is the right thing to do. So many people dont understand that its a mental battle more than physical.

And the weight loss process became a bit tougher when she started noticing her excess skin.

I was always prepared for it, but it is still such a struggle to deal with daily, Weber says. Ive seen some people lose weight and have it not be such a problem, but I wasnt that lucky.

But Weber stayed upbeat about the excess skin, and decided to share photos of her body on social media.

I wanted to be open about it on Instagram because I wanted people to realize what obesity does, she says. That they can make changes, but theyll also face problems with loose skin in all areas. I want people to not be scared, or feel hidden of what they accomplished after weight loss!

Still, she was hesitant to post the first photo.

I was extremely nervous. I almost didnt share it because I thought it would get so much hate, Weber says. Im glad I did because I was overwhelmed with kindness and love.

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And shes enjoying reading all of the comments as she focuses on losing the last 38-48 lbs., and plans for a tummy tuck.

Seeing everyone so positive has been the best feeling, Weber says. It makes me more open about my journey!

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This Guy Lost 32 Pounds On the 'Ice Cream Diet' Men's Health When we first told you about Anthony Howard-Crow, a 32-year-old online trainer and YouTuber in Loveland, Colorado, he had just embarked on a diet that would make the American Dietetic Association shit bricks: 2,000 calories a day of ice cream, 500 ...

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Extending weight loss program helps people who are overweight ... Science Daily Extending NHS weight loss programs from one session per week for 12-weeks to one session per week for a year helped people who are overweight to lose ... Year of Weight Watchers Best for Weight Loss, Costs, Disease RiskMedscape Extending weight loss programme helps overweight people keep ...Yahoo News all 3 news articles »

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Community weight loss programmes, such as Weight Watchers, are effective at helping people to lose weight, our latest research shows. We found that a three-month programme helps people lose weight, but a one-year programme helps people lose more weight for longer and reduces their risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Wider availability of these programmes could help people avoid metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, and may even save the NHS money in the long run.

Obesity increases peoples risk of developing illnesses such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. In the UK, where almost two-thirds of adults are overweight or obese, some GPs are tackling this problem by referring their patients to community weight loss programmes.

The UKs National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), the agency that decides which medicines and treatments are appropriate for the NHS to fund, recommends that adults who are obese are referred to a structured weight loss programme for at least three months. The NICE guidance specifically highlights community weight loss programmes as both cost-effective and evidence-based interventions. However, research published in BMJ Open in 2015 revealed that over a seven-year period only 6% of obese adults received a referral to any form of weight management service, let alone an evidence-based programme.

Low referral rates can be partially explained by the reluctance of GPs to raise the issue of weight with their patients and a lack of confidence in the effectiveness of these programmes. But even when GPs are willing, there are limited services available to refer patients to. Coverage of weight management services across the UK is patchy and the quality of the services is variable.

In our study, published in The Lancet, we compared the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of three treatment options: referral to Weight Watchers for three months, referral to Weight Watchers for one year, and a brief intervention (one-off advice together with a self-help booklet).

We recruited 1,267 overweight or obese adults from 23 GP clinics across the UK and randomly allocated them to one of the three interventions. Over a two-year follow-up, those who were referred to Weight Watchers lost more weight than those who were in the self-help group. And those in the one-year programme lost more weight than those in the three-month programme.

A year after the intervention ended, those in the one-year programme had lost on average 6.8kg, compared with 4.8kg in the three-month group, and 3.3kg in the advice and self-help group. At two years, all groups had regained some of the weight, but those given a year-long programme were still lighter than the other groups. Those in the year-long programme had lost 4.5kg since the trial started, compared with 3kg in the three-month programme and 2.3kg in the brief intervention group.

Compared with participants in the other groups, those in the year-long programme also had significantly greater reductions in fasting blood glucose and glycosylated haemoglobin, which are important markers of the risk of developing diabetes.

To understand the long-term cost-effectiveness of these programmes, we modelled their impact over 25 years. Modelling uses assumptions as well as hard data, which might cause scepticism, so in our modelling we tried to make conservative assumptions such as assuming that all weight lost was regained after five years and that the full cost of the programme was incurred if people attended one session (when in practice this might not be the case).

With this model we found that, compared with the self-help group, the three-month programme achieved greater reductions in weight-related illnesses. Cost-savings on NHS treatment outweighed the cost of the programme a net saving of about 2.68 per person referred.

The year-long programme achieved greater weight loss for longer, so led to even bigger reductions in illnesses. The extra costs of the year-long programme were not offset by savings on NHS treatment costs (the additional treatment cost was estimated at 49 per person), but it was still very cost-effective by NICE standards. The benefits may even be underestimated because our model did not include potential savings in social care and indirect healthcare costs.

While modelled data does not provide the same level of evidence as the findings from the randomised controlled trial, it does add to previous evidence that these programmes are a cost-effective treatment option.

So what barriers might prevent greater investment in them? Community weight loss programmes are commissioned by local authorities, but our data shows the benefit as being a reduction in NHS treatment costs (that is, a different department), and only in the long term. The focus on savings in NHS treatment costs may distract from the wider social and economic benefits of a reduction in obesity, which are not captured in current cost-effectiveness models.

With constrained budgets and short parliaments, local authorities may struggle to take the necessary long-term perspective and may focus on what they can afford now. While this is understandable, it may mean we miss a vital opportunity to provide effective treatment options to millions of people who need them.

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So You've Lost The Weight. Now What? MadameNoire With that in mind, I would recommend that if you're prepping or starting a weight-loss journey, you go in with a plan for the long term, not just for the next few months or year that it will take to shed pounds. They don't say Idle hands are the devil ...

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When she weighed nearly 500 pounds, Linda Oakley could barely walk, much less run.

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I used to tell my friends, If you see me running, you better start running, too, because something is coming after me, Oakley joked.

But that all changed when she underwent bariatric surgery and lost nearly half of her body weight.

On Sunday, there may be few runners who feel prouder of just making it to the starting line of theBroad Street Run than the 29-year-old Lawncrest native.

Im excited to do something that I never thought in a million years I would be able to complete, she said.

Growing up, Oakley said, she had always been a chubby kid.

But her weight soared after her father, a big man who had diabetes, died in 2004 from complications of heart and kidney failure.

Oakley fell into depression.

I ate a lot of comfort food, said Oakley, who works in telecommunications at Einstein Healthcare Network, where she had her surgery. My portion sizes were very big.

Oakley estimates that by the time she graduated from high school, she weighed 225 pounds.

She remembers the humiliation of being told she couldnt join her friends on an amusement ride at Hershey Park because she was too big to fit into the seats.

It just really crushed me, she said.

She tried Weight Watchers a couple of times, but she always grew tired of the program and went back to her unhealthy eating habits.

A lot of people probably think, How do you let yourself go like that? Oakley said. But after a while, its so hard to stop.

Eventually, the excess weight took a toll that was physical as well as emotional. Her overburdened lower back hurt so much that Oakley couldnt even walk a full block.

She was unable to participate in life in the degree that she wished to, said her bariatric surgeon, Ramsey Dallal. She was kind of in prison by her extreme weight.

Back pain became a part of her daily life, as did hypertension and sleep apnea.

The breaking point was when my doctor told me I was diabetic, Oakley said.

It wasnt really a surprise;type 2 diabetes is common on her fathers side of the family. Many of her relatives died young of causes related to the condition, which is made worse by obesity but which also can make it harder to lose weight.

I didnt want to be like them, Oakley said.

To qualify for gastric bypass surgery, patients generally have to be 100 pounds over their ideal body weight.

Oakley was over by 230 pounds.

In August 2014, Oakley underwent the one-hour procedure, during which doctors shrank the size of her stomach.

Dallal cut across the top of her stomach, dividing it into two sections. He sealed the smaller pouch off from the rest of the stomach and connected it directly to the small intestine.

This new path ensured that food would not pass through the larger, remaining portion of the stomach, and the first few feet of intestines.

As a result, Oakleys stomach can accommodate only smaller portions of food at a time; if she overeats, or consumes too much fatty food, the consequences can be painfully unpleasant.

Research has found that the surgery also alters the nerves and hormones that communicate with the brains hunger centers, and can reverse type 2 diabetes within days.

The real way it works isnt by making you fuller quicker but by changing how your brain interacts with food, said Dallal, who performs 500 bariatric surgeries a year. Food just doesnt become as important.

Patients generally dont feel as hungry, or crave foods as much, even though they may be eating only a fraction of their previous diet, Dallal said.

Gastric bypass is considered the most successful form of bariatric treatment for sustained weight loss. However, there is a small risk about 3 percent of regaining weight if patients are not vigilant about following the recommended lifestyle changes.

After the surgery, Oakley traded in junk foods for protein shakes and home-cooked grilled chicken dinners. Her new favorite dessert is sugar-free whipped topping.

Im completely sugar-free, Oakley said. I dont want to go back to my old habits.

Days after being released from the hospital, Oakley no longer needed her diabetes and blood-pressure medications.

Dallal said 80 percent of patients have normal blood sugar levels after gastric bypass. He considers Oakleys diabetes to be in remission.

Six months later, she no longer relied on her continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine to manage her sleep apnea.

On average, gastric bypass patients can expect to lose 75 percent of their excess weight. Half of that weight is typically lost in the first six months.

Dallal said the operation rarely cures obesity, but it does bring people down to a more manageable weight.

Almost three years after the procedure, Oakley has lost a total of 225 pounds.

Though she is still considered obese at her current weight of 265 pounds, she is satisfied with maintaining for now.

Not everybody is meant to be a certain size, Oakley said.

Oakleys transformation, Dallal said, was truly remarkable.

But its the unremarkable conveniences that she cherishes now.

There are all these little things that I can do now that I couldnt do back then, she said, like wearing a seat belt comfortably.

Oakleys long-term goal is to get her weight down to 200 pounds. As much as she has achieved, she says she still is a bit lacking in confidence and hopes losing more weight will help.

Shortly after the surgery in 2014, Oakley wasn't comfortable joining a gym, so she got creative with her workouts.

I would just go walk around stores like Walmart, Sam's Club, or Target, she said. I have been a walking machine ever since the surgery.

When walking became easy, Oakley gained the confidence to join a local gym, and tried another challenge. Last year she signed up for a 5K race.

She heard about the Rocky Run, named after the iconic Philadelphia movie, from coworkers who are members of Black Girls Run!, a local running group.

I was afraid I wouldnt be fast enough, but they encouraged me, Oakley recalled.

On Nov. 12, 2016, Oakley finished the 3.1-mile race in 56 minutes and 50 seconds, averaging a pace of 18 minutes per mile.

Rocky was an underdog, but he kept it at, Oakley said. I felt like him when I crossed that finish line.

Then she set her sights on an even bigger feat: the Blue Cross Broad Street Run.

In January, after winning a bib through a contest at work, Oakley started training for the 10-mile race.

She worked out four times a week, logging miles on the treadmill at her gym or on the streets around her neighborhood.

Over the last four months, she gradually increased her mileage, setting out to run three to six miles each workout.

Im just listening to my body, Oakley said. If it tells me to slow down, then I slow down.

Often, Oakleys mother, Debra, accompanies her. Debra had gastric bypass surgery in late 2016 after watching her daughters transformation.

Im lucky that I have a support system of friends and family pushing me toward my goal, Oakley said.

Oakleys bariatric surgeon is among her biggest supporters.

Im so enthusiastic about her running, Dallal said. Weve had so many patients like her who have completed 5Ks up to marathons. Were excited for her.

Dallal, 45, is also a runner, having completed marathons and an Ironman competition.

I have to set an example for my patients, Dallal said.

In 2016, he finished the Broad Street Run in 1:22:32, averaging 8:15 per mile. Achilles tendinitis has sidelined him this year, though.

On race day, Oakley will be careful not to put too much pressure on herself.

As long as I can say I did my best at the end of the race, thats a win in my book, she said.

Mostly, shes excited to try something that she never thought would be possible.

I keep surprising myself every time, Oakley said.

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Despite what the diet industry is telling you, your weight isnt an accurate measure of health, according to executive director for the Eating Disorder Support Network of Alberta Sue Huff.

Ahead of International No Diet Day on May 6, Huff explained weight and health are often confused with each other.

They arent the same thing, Huff said. People can be healthy at all sizes.

She said most people aren't aware of the risks associated with dieting or fast weight loss.

Trying to lose a lot of weight quickly can turn on an eating disorder in people who are genetically predisposed, she said.

Dieting can also be harmful to the brain, according to Calgary psychologist Dr. Angela Grace.

Any time there is restrictive dieting, youre denying the body nutrients to survive and thrive, she said. We all need food but its more important to focus on the nutrients youre putting into the body, not what youre taking away from (it).

She encouraged people who want to lose weight to find ways to nourish their bodies instead of restricting their intake.

We have a multi-billion dollar diet industry that preys on peoples low self-esteem, on their body-esteem, and promoting that thin equals health, Grace said.

Look at restoring overall health and wellbeing for your whole life not just narrowing it down to thinness.

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