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5 ways to stay on track

How to mentally prepare yourself for weight loss.

»    Think about your core values and what you want out of life.

What brings you happiness? Perhaps you rank health as a high priority and want to feel good and have more energy? Now look at small steps you can take to live in line with these values.

»    Find something that suits you

Hate the gym? Then don’t force yourself to go. Instead find something you enjoy (maybe yoga, bushwalking, pole dancing or underwater hockey is more your style?). If you indulge in fitness pursuits that you value and enjoy you will be happier and more motivated.

»    Be open to change

Just because running half marathons worked for you five years ago, doesn’t mean that running is still the best option for you now. Listen to the needs of your body and switch to a new fitness routine if necessary.

»    Have realistic expectations

If you weigh under 100kg then it’s not safe or realistic to try losing more than 0.5kg per week. If you weigh between 100 and 150kg, 1kg per week is achievable, and if you’re over 150kg, 2kg per week is considered healthy.

»    Try to eat every three hours: three main meals per day with two small snacks.

When possible, exercise before breakfast on an empty stomach, and then eat breakfast within an hour of exercising. When starting or changing an exercise regime, watch that you don’t eat more. Your body will naturally crave more food initially but after a few days your appetite will settle down.

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Miriam Hospital study shows social gaming site effective weight loss tool

Researchers from The Miriam Hospital have found that DietBet, a web-based commercial weight loss program that pairs financial incentives with social influence, delivers significant weight losses. The study and its findings have been published in the current issue of the open access publication JMIR Serious Games. Tricia Leahey, Ph.D., lead researcher at The Miriam Hospital Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, sought to examine weight losses associated with the social gaming website and contributing factors to gauge the success of such web-based programs. On Dietbet.com, players join a game to lose weight while betting money on themselves. Players all have four weeks to lose four percent of their starting weight. At the end of week four, all players who have lost at least four percent of their initial body weight are deemed “winners” and split the pool of money collected at the start of the game. To verify weight losses, players submit photo-based evidence of their weigh-ins to DietBet’s referees at the start and end of each game. “Online social weight loss programs are accessible to large numbers of overweight and obese individuals who want to lose weight,” Leahey says, “but there has been little research to date on whether such programs are effective, or just how much weight loss they generate.”

Weight loss surgery safe, beneficial: study

Bariatric surgery results in substantial weight loss and can turn back some diseases related to obesity, a new study finds. There is some risk of complications, but death rates appear to be lower than previously thought, researchers reported after reviewing about a decade’s worth of recent data. They were interested in updating current knowledge about the effectiveness and safety of various types of weight loss surgery, including gastric bypass, adjustable gastric banding (lap banding), vertical banded gastroplasty and sleeve gastrectomy. These surgical procedures are used for people who are severely obese, or moderately obese with serious weight-related health problems. The last time there was a major update of bariatric surgical research was in 2003.

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Introduction
Welcome to the ConsumerEports.us website (the “Website”). This privacy policy (this “Policy”) is a full disclosure and explanation of practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of information transmitted on the Website or through other related services of ConsumerEports.us (“Company”,”we”,”us”). Company is committed to protecting the privacy of Website users, and safeguarding such users’ information insofar as possible. The following sets forth our privacy practices and policies.

Use of This Site by Children
Although the Website may be accessed by children under the age of 13, we will not knowingly collect, maintain or use any personal information from such children, and no part of Company’s services are directed to persons under the age of 13. IF YOU ARE UNDER 13 YEARS OF AGE, PLEASE DO NOT USE OR ACCESS COMPANY’S SERVICES AT ANY TIME OR IN ANY MANNER.

If we become aware that we have collected any personal information from children under 13, we will promptly delete such information from our databases. If you are a parent or guardian and discover that your child under the age of 13 has obtained a Company account, then you may alert Company by contacting us using the contact link at the top of the page and request that we delete that child’s personal information from our systems.

Information Collected About You and Our Use of Such Information
The following describes the types of personal and other information we may collect about you, and how we use and maintain that information:

Contact Information
In general, you may visit the Website without revealing any personal information other than technology-related information described in the section below. However, to register with the Website, place an order, or participate in member interaction, you will be required to provide personal information such as, but not limited to, your name, mailing address, e-mail address, date of birth, gender, phone number, billing/credit card information and other information you may provide to us. We also collect and store any personal information and other data you have provided to us via the Website, by email, or otherwise.

We use this information to respond to any inquiries you may submit to us, to track and monitor usage of the Website and to communicate with you about your account and your use of the Website. In addition, we may use this information to send you periodic publications associated with Company and/or Company’s products, unless you inform us that you opt out from receiving such communications via email. We also use this information to operate the Website; in particular, to facilitate postings on our discussion forums. We may also use this information for targeted advertising and other marketing purposes. We may also use this information to measure the Website’s effectiveness, tailor our products and services, better advertise to suit the personal interests of you and others, estimate our audience size, and any other use that Company believes may enhance your experience using the Website.

Website Information, anonymous website statistics, user tracking and cookies use
The Website collects and stores information that is generated automatically as you navigate through the Website. This aggregate information is collected site-wide, and includes anonymous website statistics. The Website also employs browser cookies to store users’ preferences and record session information. “Cookies” are bits of information that are stored by your browser on your hard drive. This technology allows for the storage of user preferences, user ID and password, if applicable, and remembers you when you take action on the Website. You can turn off the “cookie” function through most standard browsers; however, the majority of the features on the Website may not function properly, including but not limited to, the login and order functions, if the ability to accept cookies is disabled.

In addition, when you visit the Website our system automatically collects information such as your web request, Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, numbers assigned to your computer by your Internet Service Provider (ISP), browser type, browser language, domain names, referring and exit pages and URLs, platform type, number of clicks, clear gifs, internet tags, landing pages, pages viewed and the order of these page views, the amount of time spent on particular pages, network traffic monitoring, active scripting, the date and time of your request and the unique identity of your browser. This information is used to analyze trends, administer the Website, improve the design of the Website, track user movement, and otherwise enhance the services we provide.

Other Information
We may retain any data you provide to us in an email or other inquiry, to track the types of questions we receive, analyze trends, administer the Website and services we offer, improve the design of the Website and services we offer, track user movement, and otherwise enhance the services we provide.

Disclosure and Use of Information
We will comply with any subpoenas, court orders or other legal processes for any of the information about you in our possession, and we may use such information to establish or exercise our legal rights, or to defend against legal claims. We reserve the right to disclose your personal information, including data on which pages you have visited, to third parties if we feel it is necessary to protect our systems, Website, business, users or others.

In addition, information about you in our possession may be disclosed as part of any merger, acquisition, sale of company assets, or transition of service to another provider, as well as in the unlikely event of insolvency, bankruptcy, or receivership in which your personal information would be transferred as one of the business assets of the company. We do not guarantee that any entity receiving such information in connection with one of these transactions will comply with all terms of this policy nor shall Company be liable for any security breaches that may occur after the transfer of information.

We use your personal information to process orders, maintain your membership, store information, and provide marketing or promotional materials. We may also disclose your personal information to authorized contractors used by Company to support our business and provision of services to you (such as, but not limited to, fulfillment services, customer service, technical support, delivery services, and financial institutions). We will request that such third parties agree to treat your personal information in keeping with the guidelines set forth within this Policy. We may, at our discretion, disclose personal information, when deemed necessary or appropriate, to law enforcement or authorized government organizations, to protect our rights or the rights of others, to prevent identity theft and harm to persons or property, to fight fraud, to ensure the integrity of our business, or to otherwise protect the right, property, or safety of Company and our employees or others.

In addition, we may make full use of all information acquired through the Website that is not in personally identifiable form, as indicated above. This includes the disclosure of non-identifying transaction information to third parties for the purpose of accounting and record keeping. Disclosure of non-identifying information such as aggregate user data and other similar data may also be provided to prospective business partners, advertisers, and others.

Opt-Out Procedures
Once you register with Company, we may send you administrative-related emails, as well as emails to facilitate your access to Company’s services, including providing you with related updates. We may not offer you the opportunity to opt out of receiving these communications. If you want to stop receiving these communications, contact us by clicking on the contact link at the top of the page and send us a message.

However, we provide you with the opportunity to elect not to receive other types of communications, including emails informing you about Company’s services and other offerings that we think will interest you. If you want to stop receiving these communications, click on the “Unsubscribe” link in any such email, or contact us by clicking on the contact link at the top of the page and send us a message.

Be advised that we may respond with an automated message, explaining the steps required to opt-out. There may be a time delay between initializing the process of opting out and the time at which communication is discontinued. During this intervening time, you may continue to receive marketing message or confirmation emails from us. Company will not be liable for any problems, concerns, delays, or damages associated with the opt-out process.

Links and Third-Party Tools or Services
The Website may include access, links, or connection to third party websites. This privacy policy does not apply to these linked websites. Company is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content on any of these other websites, including any websites that may be in a special relationship, business relationship or partnership with Company. The linked sites may collect personal information from you when you access their site. Each website should be checked for its own privacy policy.

Security of Information
Whenever we handle information that you disclose on the Website, regardless of where this occurs, we take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy. Company uses commercially reasonable physical, managerial and technical safeguards to preserve the integrity and security of your personal information. Certain information transmitted through the Website, such as Cookies, login information and information relating to the purchase of our services, is encrypted using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology or similar encryption technology, which provides for secure online ordering and payment processing. Unfortunately, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. Once we receive your transmission, we make our best effort to ensure its security on our systems but you acknowledge that (a) there are security and privacy limitations which are beyond our control, (b) the security, integrity, and privacy of any and all information, and the data exchanged between you and us through the Website cannot be guaranteed, and (c) any information and data may be viewed or tampered with in transit by a third party, without our knowledge and without our ability to prevent such tampering. You choose to transmit information on the Website at your own risk. Furthermore, Company will not be liable for any problems that may result from the breach of security resultant from the transmission of your personal information or any unintentional disclosure.

Community Interaction, Public Comments, Chat Rooms and Message Boards
The Website may include online forums, chat rooms, message boards, and other interactive technologies that allow comments, messages, emails, and postings to be associated with a user’s name or email address. Be aware that any information you post is public information, and Company does not control what use third parties may make of this personal information. Your participation in such forums is at your own risk. Company will not be held responsible for any breach of privacy that occurs due to your involvement in such forums.

California Privacy Notification
California Civil Code Section 1798.83 allows customers who are California residents to request and obtain once a year, information about the personal information (if any) disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. This information is provided by Company free of charge. If applicable, this information would include a list of the categories of personal information that was shared, and the names and addresses of all third parties with which the information was shared in the preceding twelve calendar months. If you are a California resident and would like to request this information please submit your request in writing to us by clicking on the contact link at the top of the page and sending us your request or by mail at

Attn: California Privacy Rights
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Changes to Policy
This Policy may be changed at any time and for any reason, and Company reserves the right to make such changes at its sole discretion. Your continued use of the Website after the changes are made and posted on the Website constitutes your agreement to these changes, both with regard to information previously collected from you and with regard to information collected in the future. If you do not agree to the changes, please discontinue your use of the Website.

UPDATE INFORMATION / SUGGESTIONS
If you would like to update or correct any information that you have provided to Company through your use of the Website or otherwise, or you have suggestions for improving this Policy, please contact us by clicking on the contact link at the top of the page and send us a message.

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Welcome to the website or mobile application of Consumer E Ports Online Magazine, aka ConsumerEports.com (“Consumer E ports”). The following terms and conditions, together with any documents they incorporate by reference, including without limitation the Privacy Policy (collectively, these “Terms of Use”), govern your access to and use of Consumer E ports’s suite of mobile applications if any (collectively, the “Apps”) and our websites at www.ConsumerEports.com (the “Website”) (collectively with the App, the “Services”). When using the Apps, you may be presented with additional Terms of Use, specific to such App, such additional terms (if any) shall be incorporated into these Terms of Use and, together with these Terms of Use, govern your use of such App.

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Unless otherwise noted, all Contents on the Services, whether publicly posted or privately transmitted, as well as all derivative works are property owned, controlled, licensed or used with permission by Consumer E ports, and/or its parents, subsidiaries and affiliates or other parties that have licensed to or otherwise permitted their material to be used by Consumer E ports. The Services as a whole and their Contents are protected by copyright, trademark, trade dress and other laws and all worldwide right, title and interest in and to the Services and its Contents are owned by Consumer E ports or used with permission. Consumer E ports.com, Consumer E ports, the Consumer E ports logos, and all other trademarks appearing on the Services are trademarks of Consumer E ports or are licensed or used with permission of the owner by Consumer E ports. You agree not to display or use such trademarks without Consumer E ports’s prior written permission. Consumer E ports disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks, service marks, logos, slogans, domain names and trade names other than its own.

The Contents of the Services, and the Services as a whole, are intended solely for personal, non-commercial use by the users of the Services and may not be used except as permitted in these Terms of Use. You may share content from the Site with the use of the social media links (i.e. “Share:” “Pin It” and “Tweet”) provided on our Services.  You may also share content from the Services via email through the use of our “Share” link.  You may download or copy the Contents and other downloadable materials displayed on the Services for your personal use only. No right, title or interest in any downloaded materials or software is transferred to you as a result of any such downloading, sharing or copying. Except as noted above, you may not reproduce, republish, publish, upload, post, transmit, distribute (including by email or other electronic means), publicly display, modify, create derivative works from, sell or participate in any sale of, or exploit in any way, in whole or in part, any of the Contents, the Services, or any related software without the prior written consent of Consumer E ports or the owner of such material. Nothing contained on the Services grants or should be construed as granting, any license or right to use, implied or otherwise, any trademarks, trade names, service marks, trade dress, copyrighted or other proprietary material displayed on this Services without the prior written consent of Consumer E ports or the owner of such material. All rights not expressly granted herein by Consumer E ports to you are reserved by Consumer E ports and/or its licensors. Third-party trade names, product names and logos, contained in this website may be the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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ACCEPTABLE USE

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The Consumer E ports Services and the Content are provided on an “as is” basis. CONSUMER E PORTS, ITS LICENSORS, AND ITS SUPPLIERS, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS, AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Without limiting the foregoing, Consumer E ports, its licensors, and its suppliers make no representations or warranties about the following:

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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Consumer E ports shall have the right to:

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Without limiting the foregoing, we have the right to fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity or other information of anyone posting any materials on or through the Services. YOU WAIVE AND HOLD HARMLESS THE COMPANY AND ITS AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, AND SERVICE PROVIDERS FROM ANY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM ANY ACTION TAKEN BY ANY OF THE FOREGOING PARTIES DURING OR AS A RESULT OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS AND FROM ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF INVESTIGATIONS BY EITHER SUCH PARTIES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES.

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This policy is intended to comply with the requirements of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Consumer E ports will investigate notices of copyright infringement and take appropriate actions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Title 17, United States Code, Section 512(c)(2) (“DMCA”). If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Consumer E ports’s copyright agent the written information specified below:

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Pursuant to the DMCA, written notification of claimed copyright infringement must be submitted to the following designated agent for this website, by messaging us via the contact us link at the top of the page.

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All information we collect on the Services is subject to our Privacy Policy. By using the Services, you consent to all actions taken by us with respect to your information in compliance with the Privacy Policy, which is available at http://www.ConsumerEports.com/privacy-policy.

Please send any concerns regarding our products or services via the contact us link at the top of the page.

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Except as expressly provided in a particular “legal notice” on the Consumer E ports Services, these Terms of Use and the Consumer E ports Privacy Policy and Agreement constitute the entire agreement between you and Consumer E ports with respect to the use of the Consumer E ports Services, and Content.

Consumer E ports, in its sole discretion, reserves the right to update, revise, supplement and to otherwise modify these Terms of Use, and to impose new or additional terms and conditions on your use of the Services from time to time. Such updates, revisions, supplements, modifications and additional rules, polices, terms and conditions (collectively referred to in these Terms of Use as “Additional Terms”) will be effective immediately and incorporated into these Terms of Use upon notice thereof, which may be given by any reasonable means, including by posting to the Services. Your continued viewing or use of the Services following such notice will be deemed to conclusively indicate your acceptance of any and all such Additional Terms.

TERMINATION

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Consumer E ports’s failure to enforce strict performance of any provision of these Terms of Use will not constitute a waiver of Consumer E ports’s right to subsequently enforce such a provision or any other provision of this Agreement, nor will any delay or omission on the part of Consumer E ports to exercise or take advantage of any right or remedy that Consumer E ports has or may have hereunder, operate as a waiver of any right or remedy.

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