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City hall seems to be speaking out both sides of its corporate mouth by trumpeting the Community Wellness Plan while making exercise programs for many residents, and particularly seniors, financially out of reach.

Members of the community and social services committee refused this week to overturn a previous decision cancelling the all-inclusive Active Living Plus pass at city recreation facilities.

Three dozen seniors attended the committee meeting, hoping to sway committee members to revisit the issue.

Their spokesperson, Leslie Snell, made an impassioned plea. She noted in 2011 the pass cost almost $498 and allowed pass-holders unlimited access to aquafit and land fitness classes.

Taking the same classes she took last year without the all-inclusive pass, Snell told the committee, would cost her almost $2,900.

Colleen Clack, acting general manager of arts, culture and entertainment, said the passes were a money-loser for the city and led to scheduling issues, because pass holders could register for a class and then not show up since there would be no financial penalty for missing it.

The all-inclusive passes have been replaced by a punch pass system, which lets users pay for visits on a “bulk” basis and will result in a savings for more casual users, Clack told the committee.

The real difficulty here seems to be that the city did not communicate the changes with the current pass holders before the changes came into effect at the beginning of January.

“You’ve ignored your most faithful users,” Snell told the committee, calling the decision “exceedingly unfair.”

We accept there may have been administrative challenges associated with the all-inclusive pass program.

But with an aging population, and renewed focus on keeping that population active, initiatives that promise to erect barriers to exercise should be avoided almost at any cost.

It’s curious that a staff report put before committee members noted the move supports a goal of the corporate strategic plan to create “a healthy and safe community.”

On its face this direction appears contrary to that goal.

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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: HALO - News) today announced the completion of an underwritten public offering of 7,820,000 shares of its common stock, including 1,020,000 shares sold pursuant to the full exercise of an over-allotment option previously granted to the underwriter. All of the shares were offered by Halozyme at a price to the public of $10.61 per share. The proceeds to Halozyme from this offering were approximately $81.8 million, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions but before expenses. The Company anticipates using the net proceeds from the offering to build commercial inventory for anticipated product launches, fund research and development of proprietary programs, and for general corporate purposes. Barclays Capital Inc. acted as the sole book-running manager for the offering.

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The shares described above were offered by Halozyme, pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), and automatically declared effective on February 9, 2012. A final prospectus supplement relating to the offering was also filed with the SEC.

Copies of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus may be obtained free of charge by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. Alternatively, you may obtain a final prospectus supplement from the offices of Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717; Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com (phone: 888-603-5847).

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Halozyme Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to developing and commercializing innovative products that advance patient care. With a diversified portfolio of enzymes that target the extracellular matrix, the Company's research focuses primarily on a family of human enzymes, known as hyaluronidases, that increase the absorption and dispersion of biologics. Halozyme's pipeline addresses therapeutic areas, such as diabetes, oncology and dermatology that have significant unmet medical need. The Company markets HYLENEX® recombinant (hyaluronidase human injection) and has partnerships with Roche, Baxter, ViroPharma and Intrexon. Halozyme is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information on how we are innovating, please visit our corporate website at http://www.halozyme.com.

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New Book, "Lose Weight Without Dieting or Working Out", Soars to Number 1 on the Amazon Bestseller Charts

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Nationwide (February 16, 2012) -- After appearing on the Steve Harvey Morning Show last week, nutritionist JJ Smith's new book, Lose Weight Without Dieting or Working Out was the #1 Health, Fitness and Dieting book, and #4 in overall books, on the Amazon.com bestseller charts.

The book offers a breakthrough solution that "helps you lose weight without counting calories, starving yourself, or eating bland packaged foods. You will see results even if you don't maintain an exercise regimen."

"I can recall two times in my life, in my twenties and again in my thirties, that I was very committed to losing weight so I followed all the typical advice to 'eat less and exercise more' but it just didn't work for me. So, being a nutritionist, I designed a weight-loss system, the Detox-Eat-Move (DEM) System, that has helped me and my clients shed pounds fast. The results in just a few short weeks are remarkable," says Smith.

According to Smith, "the DEM System is NOT a diet, but a lifestyle of healthy living! The DEM System is a three-phase system that allows you to get rid of stubborn body fat and reverse some of your health issues and ailments, restoring your body to optimal health." Interested ones can learn more about the book at http://www.jjsmithonline.com/products/lose-weight.html

The nutritionist-designed program provides easy-to-follow guidelines for eating "clean and balanced" foods that not only helps readers lose weight, but cause them to look and feel younger and healthier than they have in years. The DEM System features methods to detoxify the body, balance hormones, and speed up metabolism. Readers will learn how to eat foods that help them stay slim and avoid foods that cause them to get fat.

Smith comments, "I realized there were a lot of hard-working people like me who didn't always have time to diet or exercise, but still wanted to lose weight and stay slim; And now, this program is designed just for them."

In the book, readers will learn to:

* Detoxify the body for fast weight loss.
* Drop pounds and inches fast, without grueling workouts or starvation.
* Lose up to 15 pounds in the first three weeks.
* Shed unwanted fat by eating foods you love, including carbs.
* Get rid of stubborn belly fat.
* Trigger your 6 fat-burning hormones to lose weight effortlessly.
* Eat foods that give you glowing, radiant skin.
* Eat so you feel energetic and alive every day.

JJ Smith's revolutionary DEM system teaches proven methods for permanent weight loss that anyone can follow, no matter their size, income level, or educational level. And the end result is a healthy, sexy, slim body. For more details about the book, visit http://www.jjsmithonline.com/products/lose-weight.html

About the Author:
JJ Smith (www.JJSmithOnline.com) is a nutritionist and certified weight-loss expert who has been featured on The Steve Harvey Morning Show, The Montel Williams Show, The Jamie Foxx Show and on the NBC, FOX, CBS and CW networks. Her advice has also been featured in the pages of Glamour, Essence, Heart and Soul and Ladies Home Journal. Since reclaiming her health, losing weight, and discovering a "second youth" in her forties, bestselling author JJ Smith has become the voice of inspiration to those who want to lose weight, be healthy, and get their sexy back! JJ may be contacted by email at info@jjsmithonline.com and on Twitter: jjsmithonline and Facebook Page: RealTalkJJ

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Childhood obesity isn't just a cosmetic issue, although studies show overweight children are often isolated and bullied.

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Using junk food as a reward for good behavior derails healthy eating efforts Environment is constantly pushing children in the wrong direction, pediatrician says Obese youth more likely to suffer from cardiovascular disease, diabetes Stress damages a child's ability for self-control, which leads to a higher body mass index

Editor's note: This is the fourth story in CNN's series exploring the issues surrounding childhood obesity.

(CNN) -- Lyn McDonald is doing everything right.

After losing more than 80 pounds, she taught her kids how to control their portion sizes, shop at the farmers market, eat vegetables with every meal and avoid a lot of sugar.

Her efforts are working. At a time when approximately one-third of American children are overweight or obese, McDonald's kids are at healthy weights.

So why is every day still a struggle for the blogger and mother of five?

"I have had to deal with teachers who hand out Skittles, candy bars, lollipops and giant frosted sugar cookies to the children in class ... before 10 a.m.," McDonald says. "I think this is setting kids up for failure and un-teaching the healthy habits I have instilled."

The fact that doughnuts and cupcakes are given out as a reward after soccer practice or dance class is a paradoxical hurdle in the fight against childhood obesity. As doctors and parents struggle to encourage healthy behaviors, our sugar-filled, sedentary surroundings resist every step.

Think about it, says Dr. Stephen Daniels, chief pediatrician at Children's Hospital Colorado. Every day kids are exposed to advertising about fast food instead of home-cooked meals. They're surrounded by vending and soda machines at school. They have hundreds of channels on TV, own three video game systems and live in neighborhoods that were built without sidewalks.

"Our environment is constantly pushing kids in the wrong direction."

Childhood obesity isn't just a cosmetic issue, although studies have shown overweight children are often isolated and bullied by their peers.

This is setting kids up for failure and un-teaching the healthy habits I have instilled.
Lyn McDonald

Obese youth are more likely to suffer from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, sleep apnea, liver disease and bone and joint problems, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Excess fat has also been linked to many types of cancer. About two-thirds of obese children grow up to be obese adults.

Gary Evans is an environmental and developmental psychologist at Cornell University. His latest study, published this year in the journal Pediatrics, analyzed the effects of stress on weight gain in children and adolescents.

Researchers know that both adults and children seek higher fat foods in response to stress. Evans and his team found that stress also damages a child's ability for self-control, which leads to a higher body mass index as a teen.

Evans examined children who were dealing with stressful situations, such as poverty, single parenthood, housing problems and domestic violence. In the study, stress hormones hurt the brain's pre-frontal cortex -- the one responsible for our ability to plan and avoid temptations -- at the cellular level.

See also: How to stop your kids from stressing

It's kind of a quadruple whammy, Evans notes. Lower income children have less healthy food stores nearby, more junk food available because it's cheap, fewer places to play outdoors and, as his team found out, a harder time curbing bad impulses.

"If you are born poor, your life expectancy is less," Evans wrote in an e-mail. "Perhaps even more striking ... upward mobility does not remove the ill effects of early childhood poverty on subsequent health and well-being."

For parents trying to raise healthy kids, this is all kind of depressing.

"What we need to do as a society is work to make the healthier choice the easier choice," says Daniels.

There has been movement in that direction. Policymakers are issuing new rules for healthier food in schools and local programs are encouraging more activity. But realistically, an environmental overhaul could take years.

There's a danger in being too pessimistic about the influence we have on the ways our kids live, Daniels says. Research shows that children who lose weight are less likely to gain it back than teenagers or adults.

As hard as it is to make a change at age 10, it's that much easier than at 30 or 40.
Dr. Stephen Daniels

"As hard as it is to make a change at age 10, it's that much easier than at 30 or 40."

Twins Molly and Chris McGann, 15, are perfect examples of this. In third grade, Molly was bullied for being overweight. The McGanns started attending the Shape Down program at Children's Hospital Colorado.

Shape Down's instructors taught the whole family how to measure their food, cook with different colors -- broccoli, red peppers, carrots -- and include exercise in their daily lives. Molly dropped the extra pounds and is still at a healthy weight.

Her twin Chris hit a tough spot in middle school when undiagnosed sleep apnea caused his weight to creep up. As a teenager he is finding it more difficult to stay on track because of peer pressure. His school cafeteria, for instance, has a pizza buffet and a long line of desserts available every day.

"My friends eat the pizza and the Little Debbie cakes and they're all as thin as rails," he says. "It's really hard to walk by that stuff because it looks so good. I just think I want to be healthy, I want to lose weight and I know if I eat those things it's not going to happen."

Daniels doesn't talk about dieting or weight loss with his patients. He talks about getting the entire family on board to eat healthier and be more active.

"You have to understand what kinds of behaviors are leading to the problem and the changes to take," he says. "It's helpful to go slow. It's about simple goals. You don't have to get to a perfect weight in order to have the health benefits."

For more help conquering your environment, the Mayo Clinic has suggestions on making weight loss a family affair.

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – You’ve heard of bowling for dollars, but what about dieting for dollars?

A new weight loss program is offering big cash rewards if you can shed some pounds.

It’s weight loss with a twist where you gamble on yourself.

KDKA-TV’s Susan Koeppen met up with five co-workers who decided to give the weight loss gamble a try.

They call themselves the “skinny-dippers.”

“We are excited, it’s awesome, it’s a great incentive,” the group said.

The fab five are in a competition with teams across the country. If you lose the most weight, your team wins $10,000.

“I think working as a team is the best part because we can check on each other. We are enjoying it and hoping to bring home that $10,000,” Julia Burkhart said.

Lose weight, gain money is the brainchild of HealthyWage CEO David Roddenberry. His company’s concept is simple in that gambling on losing weight works.

“You’re putting up some money to win money. It’s making weight loss fun, more achievable and more successful,” Roddenberry said.

The company offers three different programs:

The BMI challenge: Wager $300 to win $1,000 if you lower your BMI from obese to normal in one year.

The 10 percent challenge: Wager: $100 to win $200 if you lose 10 percent of your body weight in six months.

Then, there’s the team challenge.

That’s what the “skinny-dippers” are doing. They gamble $60 dollars each and their team has three months to lose the most weight to win $10,000.

Amy Goodman, a team member, said thinking about the money helps.

“The $10,000 is a real good motivation,” Goodman said.

The team started back in November of 2011, and three months later they were lighter, healthier, but unfortunately not $10,000 richer.

“We didn’t win the money, but we certainly lost the weight,” Nancy Mallinder said.

They lost a combined 93 pounds, shed seven percent of their body weight and they came in 23rd out of 205 teams.

“We feel really good. I mean it’s a pretty big accomplishment. We wanted to be one, but 23 I think is pretty good,” Burkhart said.

The “skinny-dippers” aren’t ready to give up either. They’re already gambling again. They have until April 20, 2012, to lose the weight.

HealthyWage said it handed out $500,000 in winnings to participants in 2011.

For more information visit the HealthyWage website here.

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Maybe it's the spirit of competition. Maybe it's the peer pressure. But a new study suggests partnering up with a buddy to shed some extra pounds after researchers found that people who stay together lose together.

Not unlike the US reality TV show Big Fat Loser, which follows teams of overweight Americans as they shed pounds, a team of US researchers says that weight loss can be "contagious" when undertaken in a competitive, social environment.

Previous studies have also found the opposite can be true: that obesity can likewise be contagious.

The study, published online last week in the journal Obesity, was based on data from a 2009 online weight loss competition in Rhode Island that spanned 12 weeks. About 3,330 overweight and obese participants represented 987 teams averaging 5 to 11 members.

Researchers found that those who lost significant amounts of weight -- defined as at least five percent of their initial body weight -- tended to be on the same teams, while being on a team with more people was also associated with greater weight loss.

Those who reported higher levels of social influence among teammates also increased their odds of achieving increased weight loss by 20 percent.

A 2010 study out of Harvard suggested that having obese friends also increases a person's chance of becoming obese.

Meanwhile, Weightlossbuddy.com was created specifically to help people find a support system in their weight loss endeavor and matches people up online by sex, age, location, interests and the number of pounds to lose.

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A REPORT into the future food needs of Australia has failed to acknowledge the ongoing work by Australia’s farmers in ensuring an environmentally sustainable supply of fresh and nutritious food, according to the National Farmers' Federation.

NFF President Jock Laurie said that farmers had made enormous gains in both productivity and environmental management over the past few decades: producing high quality food in greater quantities, on less land, with less water and less impact on the environment that ever before.

“The report released yesterday by the Public Health Association of Australia appears to reflect the lack of understanding health professionals have about modern agriculture in Australia and how the industry operates,” Mr Laurie said.

“Rather than focus on the public health challenges associated with modern diets and lifestyles, they seem to have chosen to attack Australian farmers and attempted to weaken the confidence of Australian’s in the food farmers produce.

“Australian farmers have been working hard to improve their practices, and have led the way in reducing our carbon footprint, with greenhouse gas emissions down by a massive 40 percent in the last 20 years.

“The agricultural industry also invests heavily in research and development to continuously improve practices and performance, with $1.5 billion-a-year spent on agricultural related research in Australia.

“On the ground, farmers occupy and manage 61 percent of Australia’s land, which means that we’re at the frontline in delivering environmental outcomes on behalf of the community and we are acutely aware of the need to deal with environmental impacts. Environmental sustainability has long been a critical factor for farmers – so much so that the NFF was a founding partner of the Landcare movement over 20 years ago.

“Perhaps most importantly, the report fails to acknowledge the role that Australian agriculture plays in feeding the world. Australian farmers produce enough food to feed 60 million people each year, so the statement in the report that ‘Australia produces more food than it needs’ is disingenuous. Of course we do – we export 60 percent of what we grow, offsetting global food demand and providing vital export income for our economy.

“The report itself calls for an increase in ‘food literacy’ – perhaps this needs to be an increase in ‘farming and food literacy’.

“The report also calls for strategies to ensure Australian farmers can continue to produce fresh, nutritious foods at a fair and competitive price. We agree with this outcome, but suggest that the Public Health Association of Australia should first talk to farmers about how to achieve it,” Mr Laurie said.

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If you're reading this at breakfast, it's our pleasure to bring you good tidings of great joy: You may eat cake.

Dig in. Have a cookie. Eat some chocolate mousse or ice cream.

You can thank a new study from a team of researchers at Tel Aviv University. The study suggests that adding dessert to a balanced 600-calorie breakfast that includes proteins and carbohydrates can help dieters shed weight and keep it off.

Researchers split 193 clinically obese, non-diabetic adults into two groups. The groups were assigned nearly identical low-carb diets of 1,400 calories a day for women and 1,600 calories a day for men, similar to the popular Atkins diet. But one group was given a low-carb 300- calorie breakfast and the other was given a 600-calorie breakfast that was high in protein and carbohydrates, and that always included a dessert.

Weight loss was about equal for the two groups at 16 weeks. But after 32 weeks, those who added dessert to breakfast had lost an average of 40 pounds more than those who ate the lighter, low-carb breakfast, according to the findings published in the journal Steroids.

How does that work?

The study's lead researcher, professor Daniela Jakubowicz, part of the Sackler Faculty of Medicine and the Diabetes Unit at Wolfson Medical Center, said breakfast provides energy for the day, revs metabolism and aids brain function. What you consume early is fuel. If a low-calorie diet restricts carbohydrates at breakfast, metabolism goes down, and the body makes compensatory changes that encourage weight gain if you eat carbs later. And you will, because by lunchtime you'll be super hungry.

Adding the sweet to breakfast reduces the desire to eat the sweet later in the day.

Serotonin, a neurotransmitter popularly thought to contribute to feelings of happiness, is high in the morning but falls in the afternoon, she said. When you eat chocolate in the afternoon, serotonin increases and has an anti-depressive effect; it makes you happier. It also makes you more likely to reach for it the next afternoon when your serotonin levels drop.

That's what happened to the group eating the lower-carb breakfast. They craved sweets later in the day, when indulging is worse, and they cheated on their diets.

So we should eat sweets in the morning?

"Chocolate in the morning maintains the serotonin levels during the day, so you don't feel depressed," Jakubowicz said.

The study shows that the group that ate dessert at breakfast was far more successful at maintaining the diet in the long run.

Dr. Denise Edwards, director of the Healthy Weight Clinic at the University of South Florida, said the study made sense because people often fail at restrictive diets and engage in "emotional eating," indulging in foods that give them pleasure. The best plan strikes a balance, she said, so don't think you can just eat sweets and lose weight.

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Experts say specialized diets won't help rid the body of toxins any more than what the liver and kidneys already do every day.

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Experts say specialized diets won't help rid the body of toxins any more than what the liver and kidneys already do every day.

Between lingering New Year's resolutions and impending Lenten restraint, it's the season when many people are inspired to get healthy by refusing foods they normally delight in.

Increasingly, we're seeing elimination diets that promise weight loss and a tantalizing bonus: detoxification.

"Cleansing diets" trade on this most alluring idea: By limiting our intake of food to a few superpure items, we can free up the body to get rid of all the gunk accumulated in our cells.

There's only one problem with the idea of using food, or a lack thereof, to detox: Medical experts say it's baloney. What's most ironic about the detox myth, they say, is that the body is already quite capable of eliminating toxins – a gift from human evolution.

 

"The body has its own amazing detoxification systems: the liver and the kidneys," says Ranit Mishori, a faculty member in family medicine at the Georgetown University School of Medicine who has reviewed the medical literature on colon cleanses. "Unless there's a blockage in one of these organs that do it day and night, there's absolutely no need to help the body get rid of toxins."

I happen to know a few people who recently embarked on the Clean Program, a 21-day diet created by Alejandro Junger — who was once called the "detox movement's It Boy." A cardiologist by training, the Uruguayan-born, Los Angeles-based Junger has managed to sell a lot of books (a best-seller titled Clean: The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body's Natural Ability to Heal Itself) and a lot of dietary supplements to people on his program.

One of Junger's fundamental arguments is that our body is full of toxins we've picked up from food and the environment. These toxins slow us down and make us sick. As Junger recently tweeted, a "main cause of dysfunction in the body is the presence of obstacles [toxins] to the normal functioning of things."

However, Junger writes, it is possible to get rid of them by giving our digestive system a break. That system is normally so busy breaking down irritating foods that it rarely has time to do the hard work of detox. In effect, Junger sees the average body on an average American diet akin to a dirty house that needs an occasional deep scrubbing.

His diet bans a laundry list of foods: dairy, sugar, alcohol, caffeine, gluten, nightshade vegetables, soy and peanuts — all foods he calls irritants to good digestion. His website also actively encourages people to spend $425 on the Clean supplement package, which comes in vanilla or chocolate flavor.

After several years of promoting the Clean Program, Junger has hundreds of devotees who chatter on the Clean forum and elsewhere about feeling marvelous, and indeed cleaner after the program — like this writer from Outside. That group of believers includes such celebrities as Donna Karan and Gwyneth Paltrow, who recently launched her own $425 goop cleanse with Junger.

Despite its heavy restrictions, it's not hard to see why Clean is compelling. Who doesn't sometimes feel icky, or bloated, or displeased with his decision to wolf down a few too many cookies or french fries? And surely there's some benefit to eating a lot more fruits and vegetables.

But will that change in diet really push out toxins?

"The body is constantly filtering the toxins in alcohol, food and medicines, not storing them," Boston dietitian Maria Adams tells The Salt. "So they're not going to build up. I think the reason people feel better on a cleanse is probably just they're losing weight and are less bloated."

It's true there are plenty of very real toxins in the environment we could be exposed to: the ultrafine particulate matter we inhale from dirty air, asbestos from old homes, or heavy metals like lead or mercury. Unfortunately, there's really no easy way to get these toxins out. Chelation therapy may work for some metals, but particulates in our lungs are probably there to stay, says Mishori. "A lot of these are irreversible," she says.

So why, despite the science, does the idea of cleansing with food remain so powerful?

"We live in an era where there are daily assaults on our psyche and body, so cleansing may give you a false sense of getting the gunk out," says Mishori. As for psychological gunk? Try a little exercise and nature, she says.

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As students make plans to travel to tropical destinations for Spring Break, many seek unrealistic short-term goals of becoming beach-ready, often risking their long-term health.

Briana Bostwick, UF public relations senior and operations supervisor for Southwest Recreation Center, is familiar with this ritual.

"A week or so before Spring Break, the gym is flooded with people trying to lose weight really fast," Bostwick, 21, said. "I have heard many girls complain about not being ‘beach ready' and the male patrons talking about how they need to ‘bulk up.'"

The pressure to reach a goal weight within a limited time can have detrimental results.

"I have had to give sugar packets to a student who had not worked out in a long time," Bostwick said. "She worked out on a cardio machine until she became lightheaded. She had to sit by the front desk until she could stand up."

Excessive exercising could be a symptom of an eating disorder, according to the UF Department of Psychiatry's website.

The department opened its inpatient facility of the Eating Disorder Recovery Center at Shands at UF on Tuesday.

Anna Daggs, a 22-year-old pre-med junior, works closely with the center. A year ago, Daggs started a student-run organization called Be Real that works with UF and the center to help students with eating disorders find the care they need.

"I have witnessed people go too far," she said. "I have seen friends faint from a lack of food due to dieting all day to fit into a dress that night."

She said she's heard students talk about going running instead of eating dinner and going on week-long fruit-juice fasts to lose weight.

There are better ways for students to reach their weight-loss goals, she said.

Daggs recommended getting more exercise and eating breakfast to jump-start metabolism.

Some signs that might signal an eating disorder include a withdrawn attitude, exercise and food obsessions, not eating in front of people, being upset or moody all the time, counting calories and fad dieting.

Students interested in learning more about Be Real can check out the organization on Facebook or visit the blog at berealuf.wordpress.com.

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