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John took his blind date to the carnival. "What would you like to do first, Kim?" asked the man. "I want to get weighed," said the girl. They ambled over to the weight guesser. He guessed 120 pounds. She got on the scale; it read 117 and she won a prize. Next the couple went on the ferris wheel...

Losing weight can help reduce the amount of pain experienced by obese people with knee osteoarthritis, researchers say. The new study included 24 obese adults, aged 30 to 67, with knee osteoarthritis who underwent weight loss surgery (bariatric surgery). The patients' knees were assessed before...

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/r/25976572/detail.html BOSTON -- Just when you thought there were no more diets to try, comes one of the strangest. The regimen involves a daily injection of urine. Sheryl Paloni lost 43 pounds and more than 30 inches just since June. That's when she heard about...

Cheap weight loss program effective AURORA, Colo., -- Cheaper, non-profit weight-loss programs may work as well as more expensive commercial ones, U.S. researchers suggest. Dr. Nia Mitchell of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colo., and colleagues find those...

Abbott Laboratories has agreed to take its obesity drug Meridia (sibutramine) off the market, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday. The company voluntarily withdrew the drug because clinical trial studies showed there was an increased risk of heart attacks and strokes in...

Weight worries can lead to depression UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., (UPI) -- Teenage girls who worry about being overweight when they're not are more prone to depression than girls who acknowledge they're overweight, U.S. experts say. A Pennsylvania State University study looked at the relations...

Goodman says he was 400 pounds NEW YORK, (UPI) -- U.S. actor John Goodman, who recently debuted a much trimmer physique, says he was nearly 400 pounds at his heaviest. The 57-year-old former "Roseanne" star said on Wednesday's edition of "Late Show with David Letterman" that exercise was how...

Firm loses a ton of weight, literally ROCHESTER, N.Y., (UPI) -- Employees of a Rochester, N.Y., firm have lost a ton of weight -- actually 2,093 pounds to be exact, company officials said. As part of an overall wellness initiative that includes smoking cessation, stress management, nutrition...

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1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup shortening 1 1/4 cups all−purpose flour 1 tablespoon sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 egg yolk 2 tablespoons ice water 1/2 teaspoon vinegar Beat together butter and shortening until smooth and creamy; chill until firm. Sift together flour, sugar and salt in medium bowl. Using...