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The Consumer: New Weight Watchers Plan Leaves Some Grumbling An overhaul to Weight Watchers' diet plan has caused many longtime members to complain about slow weight loss.

Vital Signs: Low-Protein Diets May Be Costly to Lean Body Mass On a low-protein diet, the body is forced to get its protein from lean body mass, a study shows.

Recipes for Health: Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts and Red Beans With Lemon and Mustard The season?s sturdy roots, squash and greens need little more than a few turns in a hot pan to become appealing partners for a variety of grains.

Army Studies Workout Supplements After 2 Deaths The military has removed dietary supplements containing the ingredient dimethylamylamine from stores on its bases, though the products are widely available elsewhere in the country.

T Magazine: Vain Glorious | Just Brown Bag It Jamie Graber and her chef have created a menu full of yummy, creatively seasoned offerings, like zucchini almond hummus, carrot-coconut dahl and portobello Reuben wraps.

Brown Fat Burns Ordinary Fat, Study Finds In separate studies, researchers have determined that in cold conditions, people?s calorie-gobbling brown fat uses ordinary fat as fuel ? and that exercise may convert ordinary fat to brown fat.

Vital Signs: Study Finds No Childhood Obesity Link to School Junk Food No matter how researchers looked at data, they could not uncover a correlation between childhood obesity and the sale of sweets and salty snacks in public schools.

Personal Best: Workouts Have Their Limits, Recognized or Not Physiologists are fretting over an increasing focus on extreme exercise among some recreational athletes.

The Big Picture: Young, Obese and Getting Weight-Loss Surgery The push toward operations like Lap-Band surgery on the young has brought some resistance from doctors who say it is too drastic on patients whose bodies might still be developing.

How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body Popped ribs, brain injuries, blinding pain. Are the healing rewards worth the risks?

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Suárez Rejoins Liverpool Liverpool?s Luis Suárez returned from an eight-game suspension he received after he racially abused an opponent, but his team was held to a 0-0 tie by Tottenham in England?s Premier League.

Soccer Roundup: Manchester United Rallies With Three Goals but Drops Two Behind in Title Race Javier Hernández completed Manchester United?s comeback from a three-goal deficit at Chelsea on Sunday with a late header that salvaged a 3-3 tie.

Soccer Roundup: Ivory Coast and Zambia Advance to African Cup Semifinals Robin van Persie scored three goals Saturday in Arsenal?s 7-1 win against Blackburn.

Terry Removed as England Captain John Terry was removed as England?s captain on Friday while awaiting trial for racial abuse, but he will remain eligible to play for the national team at the European Championships.

As Clashes Continue, Egypt Soccer Riot Becomes Metaphor for Government Failure Five people were killed on the second day of clashes between protesters and the police as demonstrators questioned the ruling military council?s ability to run the country.

Egyptian Protesters Unleash Anger After Soccer Violence Egypt began three days of official mourning after at least 73 people were killed in a soccer brawl that underscored the interim government?s failure to re-establish order.

Stunning Badu Goal Sends Ghana Through With Mali Ghana sealed its place in the quarterfinals at the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-1 draw against Guinea on the final day of group matches in Franceville, Gabon.

Global Soccer: An American Caught in the Middle of Egypt's Chaos Bob Bradley has said he will stay on as coach of Egypt's national team, even though a number of players are questioning whether to go on after the deadly violence at a match on Feb. 1.

Somersaulting LuaLua Has Blackpool Dreaming of Wembley Loose-limbed Democratic Republic of Congo striker Lomana LuaLua celebrated with his customary somersault as his superb goal helped Blackpool secure an FA Cup fifth round trip to Premier League Everton on Tuesday.

Dortmund Ease Into German Cup Semis Bundesliga leaders Borussia Dortmund stayed on track for a domestic double as they eased into the German Cup semi-finals with a 4-0 win at fourth-tier Kiel on Tuesday.

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