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Tracking The Junk Food The World Eats After Dark()  

After dark, North Americans' food choices become much less healthy. Junk foods are spread across the continent at 10 p.m. Eastern.

May 22, 2012 Data from a mobile phone app shows that people all over the world eat less healthy foods later in the day and at night. Is it a lack of healthy options? A lack of willpower? Whatever the answer, it's not good for our health.

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For Athletes, Dealing With Pain May Be A Big Gain()  

If you run more, you may hurt less.

May 17, 2012 Studies comparing how athletes and nonathletes tolerate pain show that physical activity can help people dealing with chronic pain learn to cope with it better, researchers say.

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A History Of Human Fingers Found In Fast Food()  

Ryan Hart, 14, found a severed finger in his junior roast beef sandwich.

May 17, 2012 A Michigan teen bit into his Arby's sandwich and discovered a severed finger. It's the latest in a long line of disgusting discoveries of real-life fingers in fast food.

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How To Make Healthy Eating Easier On The Wallet? Change The Calculation()  

Dried beans and legumes are healthy and cheap.

May 17, 2012 Legumes, lentils and beans are good for you, and end up costing less than unhealthy food when you calculate the price per average amount consumed. A new USDA study shows eating healthy is not more expensive, people just need to make the right calorie choices.

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Buyers Of Hyped Skechers 'Toning Shoes' Can Get Refunds ()  

An ad that featured Brooke Burke touting Shape-ups as the latest way to burn off calories and make muscles stronger was cited by the Federal Trade Commission.

May 16, 2012 Skechers has agreed to pay $40 million to settle claims that it deceived its customers by saying its Shape-ups shoes would help people who wore them shed pounds and tone their abs, buttocks and legs, the Federal Trade Commission said.

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