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Preventing weight gain requires knowledge. What we're finding is that some knowledge about portion size and regular feedback about people's weight may be enough to prevent a gradual but typical weight gain that occurs in this country over time.


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KEVIN ENGLISH TMS appears to be an effective technique to help college freshmen resist gaining weight in an enviro...
DAVID LEVITSKY It's, like, sort of a dream thing for an actor when they're told to gain weight.
BRYCE DALLAS HOWARD Men are allowed to age. Men are allowed to gain weight. Men are allowed to be quirky looking.
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ALI VINCENT Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.
HERODOTUS Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
PHILIP STANHOPE, 4TH EARL OF CHESTERFIELD The good news is that this review found no evidence to support a causal association between combinat...
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PETE ROSE Weight loss is not just about behavior and willpower; it's biological. There is a coordinated mechan...
LOUIS ARONNE Weight loss is not just about behavior and willpower; it's biological. There is a coordinated mechan...
LOUIS ARONNE Weight loss is not just about behavior and willpower; it's biological. There is a coordinated mechan...
LOUIS ARONNE If I don't eat junk, I don't gain weight.
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JOAN RIVERS I didn't mean to gain weight, it just happened by snackcident.
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BREINE STEVENS In some things, the body really does have a mind of its own, and weight is one of those things. Some...
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LAUREEN LOPEZ We are excited about the potential opportunity to provide consumers with an FDA-approved over-the-co...
GEORGE QUESNELLE We are excited about the potential opportunity to provide consumers with an FDA-approved over-the-co...
GEORGE QUESNELLE Sugary beverages have no nutritional value and seem to make a huge contribution to weight gain.
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ALLISON TOLMAN When you're at home, you're not as active as you were in college. And you gain weight when you have ...
CHRISTINA ROBERTS The thought of gaining weight was all she needed to lose her appetite completely. Not that Jessica �...
FRANCINE PASCAL A horse cannot gain weight if not fed with extra fodder during the night; a man cannot become wealth...
CHINESE PROVERBS My theory is it doesn't have an effect if you train hard while you're trying to gain weight. If you'...
BRYAN THOMAS Eating at night is no more likely to promote weight gain than eating during the day.
JUDY CAMERON I come from an athletic family. Anytime we lift weights, we gain weight.
JOEY GATHRIGHT I'm always like 'I'm too skinny, I can't gain weight, even when I try.' I'd ...
SHAILENE WOODLEY The other thing to realize is that people gain 3 to 4 pounds a year, so exercise is really important...
BRIAN DUSCHA The other thing to realize is that people gain 3 to 4 pounds a year, so exercise is really important...
BRIAN D. DUSCHA When I got to college, I used to run on top of everything else, because when you gain weight in swim...
SUMMER SANDERS I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.
VENUS WILLIAMS A photograph doesn't gain weight or lose weight, or change from being happy to being sad. It'...
CHUCK CLOSE Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this d...
BUDDHA Through zeal knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal knowledge is lost; let a man who knows this ...
BIBLE This is a trigger time for youth to start to obsess about weight and body image.
MARGO MAINE We found that kindergarten girls from food-insecure families tend to gain more weight than other gir...
EDWARD FRONGILLO To the image of the characters, I do change my appearance. For example, I gain weight and I lose wei...
MIN-SIK CHOI When women diet they often make two big mistakes that can actually result in weight gain -- skip bre...
ELIZABETH SOMER We're in a situation now where weight and extreme weight and heart disease is the biggest killer...
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MONICA BELLUCCI This was a very physical game. Those guys were athletes who dwarfed us in size and weight.
BRUCE REICHMAN I?m going to try to gain some weight over the summer. Work on my handle a little bit, work at shooti...
KYLE SWANSTON We didn't see any differences in animal weight gain or body condition score or ultrasound fat depth.
CODY WRIGHT The show is definitely not just about weight-loss physically. It's more about finding yourself. ...
RAVEN GOODWIN We gain knowledge from education; we gain wisdom from knowledge and experience.
DEBASISH MRIDHA What we find is what the sensible books have been recommending. These were people who had a high-fat...
BARBARA HOWARD At tight end, you saw his quickness and that he was going to continue to gain some weight and tight ...
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LOUIS ARONNE This is such a fabulous opportunity where a student that wants to gain an in-depth knowledge of anot...
DEBORAH PIERCE If you are trying to do something about your weight and get consistent feedback about whether your e...
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MELISSA MCCARTHY When I do weight-loss education or diabetes education I really emphasize portion size. Measure thing...
JENNY GARDNER Through zeal, knowledge is gotten, through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows th...
BUDDHA Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost; let a man who knows the ...
BUDDHA Ultimately, the knowledge we gain about gene-environment interaction will lead to new drugs and ther...
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LARRY DAVID I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and le...
LARRY DAVID I'm a walking, talking enigma. We're a dying breed.
LARRY DAVID When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these ...
LARRY DAVID My background is degradation and sloth, mostly.
LARRY DAVID I couldn't be happier that President Bush has stood up for having served in the National Guard, ...
LARRY DAVID It began to dawn on me that perhaps my country needed me more at home than overseas.
LARRY DAVID In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as ser...
LARRY DAVID I tend to stay with the panic. I embrace the panic.
LARRY DAVID If you tell the truth about how you're feeling, it becomes funny.
LARRY DAVID Hear the birds? Sometimes I like to pretend that I'm deaf and I try to imagine what it's lik...
LARRY DAVID I'm surprised sometimes at how some of my actions are misinterpreted.
LARRY DAVID Switzerland is a place where they don't like to fight, so they get people to do their fighting f...
LARRY DAVID I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
LARRY DAVID I was planning on my future as a homeless person. I had a really good spot picked out.
LARRY DAVID Dementia is our most-feared illness, more than heart disease or cancer.
DAVID PERLMUTTER We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of pre...
DAVID AGUS Sometimes when you get disappointment it makes you stronger.
DAVID RUDISHA Bishops and judges are some of the best politicians in the world. They know how to manipulate the po...
DAVID BLUNKETT