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Here is another reason to watch what you eat — especially if you're a senior citizen!

A new study has linked overeating to memory loss in the elderly population. Those eating 6,000 calories a day may have DOUBLE the chance of developing mild cognitive impairment!

The diagnosis means more serious memory loss then what is expected to come naturally with aging and is a risk factor for developing dementia or even Alzheimer's!

Tags: alzheimers, calories, dementia, eating habits, elderly, fat, research, senior citizens, study

It's no secret that human beings are easily influenced by others, but did U know that you may be mimicking your dining partners eating habits at the dinner table?

A study of college-aged women of normal weight revealed they were likely to modulate their eating according to the eating pace of their same-sex dining partner.

Tags: behavior, college, dinner table, eating, eating habits, mimicking, portion, research, same-sex, study, subconscious, women, young women

According to one very fabulous woman, the women in Hollywood would be a whole lot happier if they just let themselves eat!!

Octavia Spencer, the actress U know from The Help (and from winning at the SAG Awards), has an opinion or two on weight.

Acknowledging her own self-consciousness, she says society is to blame for a woman's sense of worth:

Tags: be happy, eat healthy, eating habits, fat, hollywood, lose weight, octavia spencer, sag awards, skinny, the help, weight

Wow. First Paula Deen, now him. Crazy!

Last night at the Screen Actor's Guild Awards, Alec Baldwin revealed that last May, he was diagnosed by doctors as being "pre-diabetic." As you might've guessed, this is a condition in which Alec is "boderline" afflicted with type 2 diabetes, with impaired glucose levels close, but not fully at the level of a full diabetic.

Alec confessed that he has subsequently changed his eating habits and has lost more than 30lbs since he made these diet changes. If he keeps this up, he's actively combatting developing full-blown type 2 diabetes.

We're sad to hear that his condition has come to this, but we're glad to hear he is doing all he can on his end to keep himself as healthy as possible.

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: active, alec baldwin, diabetes, diagnosed, diet, doctor, doctors, eating, eating habits, habit, healthy, paula deen, sag awards

"If I get fat, I'll come tongue kiss you."

That's pretty much all you need know about this absolutely ridiculous (and charming) interview with Shaq on Kimmel, but you'll have to watch it to find out who says it!

Among other things they talk about, we hear a bit about Shaq's life after basketball (and his Frosted Flakes eating habits), and how much it meant to him to have a statue erected in his honor!

He seems like a fun guy to get to talk to!

Part one is above, part two and three are below!!

Tags: basketball, eating, eating habits, fat, habit, interview, jimmy kimmel, kiss, life, shaq

This is one of the most interesting studies we've heard of when it comes to snacking and bad eating habits: The habits may be more dependent on habitual practices brought on by environment than on your will power alone.

The study went like this.

At a movie, the researchers handed out fresh popcorn to some, and stale popcorn to others. Guess what happened? Because it was a movie theater and the attending people said they "usually eat popcorn at the movies" they ate almost the exact same amount of the stale popcorn as fresh, regardless of the taste!

Then, they tried it in a meeting room. People at much LESS of the stale popcorn because it isn't usually associated with that location.

And the weirdest thing?

In the theater situation,

Tags: eating, eating habits, environment, health, healthier, incredible, movie, people, research, researchers, snack, study

We've all heard of the dreaded "Freshman 15", but college newcomers can take a sigh of relief because studies suggest it's usually closer to a freshman 7.

However, that doesn't mean you won't gain more than 7 pounds if you're not careful.

It's hard to pinpoint just one cause of the unfavorable phenomena, but a decrease in physical activity, a boost in alcohol consumption, and a change in eating habits from healthy foods to those high in sugar and fat probably have something to do with it.

With college just beginning, we're sure there are plenty of freshman already dreading what the scale will read by the end of the semester and we're sure there are just as many thinking "that will never happen to me!"

Bad news is, it can and probably will, but the good news is you can take easy steps prevent it! Continue reading below for tips on avoiding the Freshman 15!

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