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Weight Loss 101

Eat less, move more. It's that simple. More than half of all Americans are fat, with body mass index measures of 25 to 29.9. These steps can help you drop pounds and feel better.

Steps for getting started
Step 1: Calculate your BMI
Step 2: The Basics of Health
Step 3: Avoid fads
Step 4: Read up: Start exercising

• Dieting for Dummies
• Thin for Life
• Volumetrics
• The Pritikin Principle
• Dr. Atkins' New Diet Revolution
• The New Beverly Hills Diet
• Sugar Busters!
• The Zone
• The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet

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• Obesity
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Body Mass Index (BMI) is the measurement of weight in relation to height, and is widely used as an indicator of obesity. Use the simple form below to calculate your BMI, then use the scale below to determine whether that measurement is acceptable.

What the numbers mean

BMI Under 25:
Acceptable

BMI 25-30:
You are considered overweight.

BMI Over 30:
You are considered obese.

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World Television Day

Okay, so this is technically a European holiday, but we Americans love TV too. Watch the tube as much as you want today in celebration. TV listings and more »

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Best Barbecue Restaurant [poll]

Here's where you get to tell the world what you think. Every week you get to vote on the best that the Dayton area has to offer in entertainment, restaurants, recreation & and a few other bizarro categories.

Voting in this category ends on Nov. 24.

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Check out the hottest fashions at Ebony Fashion Fair [things to do]

International fashion flair will rock Dayton a week earlier than usual. The Ebony Fashion Fair, a longtime day-after-Thanksgiving tradition, catwalks into the Dayton Convention Center on Friday, Nov. 21. Tickets are $25 to $30. The traveling fashion show is expected to raise $10,000 to $12,000 for National Council of Negro Women programs. More »

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'Twilight'[movies]

If Buffy the Vamipre Slayer has taught us nothing else, it's that teens, vampires and love affairs make for good entertainment. In "Twilight" new girl Bella is swept up in a passionate and dangerous romance with Edward, a mysterious teen vampire. More »

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Amelia's Bistro, Bellbrook, restaurant review [review]

Call it comfort food, gourmet style. From crab raviolis with vanilla lobster sauce, to a hand-cut and brined pork chop served with a fig jam, to a simply "Big-Ass Cake" that's a chocolate lover's dream, Amelia's has the potential to become a destination restaurant — worth the drive to Bellbrook. More »

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