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Fads no way to lose the flab
Published:Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:30:00 -0800  
PEOPLE planning to begin the New Year with a diet have been warned that popular health fads can cause more trouble than good....

Hips do lie
Published:Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:27:48 -0800  
Ryan Vogt Examiner Staff Writer Any cook could tell you that throwing every spice in the pot will result in something nobody wants to eat. In the world of workout fads, though, this approach has proved quite popular. Take Zumba, the latest workout movement to sweep the nation, and our wallets. A combination of hip-hop dancing, samba, salsa, merengue, mambo, tango, cumbia, flamenco, chachacha ......

Beware of Nonprofit Management Fads
Published:Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:28:42 -0800  
Managing a nonprofit is hard, and it is about to get harder. But rather than figuring out what’s wrong with old ways, too many nonprofit leaders and consultants who advise them instinctively look for new tools and approaches....

Ask Doc Dossman Week 57: Rollers, Orthotics, Health Fads
Published:Wed, 11 Jan 2012 01:03:02 -0800  
Welcome to Ask Doc Dossman, a weekly column where you can ask Long Beach's pre-eminent sports therapist...whatever you want!...

Silliness About New Businesses
Published:Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:40:21 -0800  
Folks in Washington policy circles are go really wild for silly fads: hula hoops, streaking, lava lamps, etc. Okay, I don't know if the policy wonks really got into any of these, but they do fall for silly intellectual fads....

Gourmet 'haute dog' and flavors of the US's 'Deep South' to dominate 2012
Published:Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:08:15 -0800  
In a new state-of-the-food-world trend report, a group of analysts has come up with a list of food fads predicted to dominate 2012 that includes more Southern US-style cooking, a rising interest in unusual cuts of meat and a starring role for humble, root vegetables....

Eating it up: diet fads of the ages
Published:Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:50:49 -0800  
As people start the year with new resolutions, medical historian Louise Foxcroft examines some of the more bizarre weight loss strategies of the past....

Dallas Braden Tattoo Features Rollie Fingers Riding Dolphin, But Is It Real? (Photo)
Published:Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:34:08 -0800  
Tattoos last a lifetime, but the permanence hasn't kept ink from going through its share of fads. In the 1990s it seemed like everybody got thorns or barbed wire inked on their upper arms. In the early 2000s, the tat du jour was a tribal design -- if you were a former heavyweight champ, maybe you even put one on your face. Fortunately, Dallas Braden isn't one to follow the crowd. The Oakland A's ......

Dieting fads cause more trouble than good
Published:Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:30:00 -0800  
PEOPLE planning to begin the New Year with a diet have been warned that popular health fads can cause more trouble than good....