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Many blogs have been written emphasizing the importance of weight loss in terms of preserving lower extremity joint function, lowering the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, and improving quality of sleep-not to mention quality of life.

One of the most common New Year's resolutions is to lose weight or at least eat more healthfully. Several Web sites offer tips and tools for getting there. A Better Food Pyramid: Harvard nutritionists say their revamped food pyramid is based on the latest science and is "unaffected by businesses and organizations with a stake in its messages."

Eat More Chocolate, Weigh Less? People Who Frequently Eat Chocolate May Weigh Less March 26, 2012 -- People who are trying to lose weight may not need to bar chocolate from their diets. A new government-funded study of nearly 1,000 healthy adults shows that people who frequently eat chocolate actually weigh less than those who say they eat it less frequently.

Are you one of the people who makes a resolution to get fit and lose weight every year? Then, surely you have a game plan to make this year better than the last few, right? It's going to take equal parts motivation, committment and time to make this work, but if you stay focused and motivated it will soon become part of your daily life.

As if we needed another reason to lose that bulging gut and eat a healthier diet, researchers are uncovering more links between abdominal fat and the chronic inflammation that leads to heart disease, diabetes and a host of other ailments.