Read the latest news from and about the Duke Diet & Fitness Center.

• In Depth: Duke Diet and Fitness Center (news14.com): As the holiday season gets under way, the Duke Diet and Fitness Center is offering a medically-supervised approach to weight loss. Dr. Howard Eisenson, executive director of the center, has some tips in this video.
• Number of Reasons (CBS News): Rita Braver reports from the frontlines at Duke University who are offering new alternatives to help people in the deadly battle against obesity.

• Study: Children are likely to become overweight by mimicking behaviors of obese parents (nydailynews.com)
• Top 7 Calorie Rich Foods for the Dollar (ABCNews.com):"People are struggling financially right now. They [restaurants] know the tagline of affordability and cheap right now is a big seller," said Martin Binks, director of behavioral health research and an assistant professor at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.
  
  "Making incredibly unhealthy food look even more financially viable in this economy is targeting the poor, in poor health," said Binks. "It would be nice if they took their healthiest options and make them more affordable."
• Exercise Not Likely to Rev Up Your Metabolism (MSNBC.com)
• ABC News On-Call Wellness Features Duke Diet and Fitness Center (ABCNews.com)
• 10 Tips for Getting Back on the Diet Wagon (ABCNews.com)
• For the Obese, Holiday Tables Serve Platefuls of Doubt (washingtonpost.com)
• How to Prevent the Holiday Eating Binge (ABCNews.com)
• Duke Diet Center To Add Outpatient Program (nbc17.com)
• Dieting? Bite-sized holiday food can help (wral.com)
• Paying People to Lose Weight (abcnews.com) Dieters Lose Weight When Reward Is Cash (WebMD.com)
• In Depth with Martin Binks, PhD (news14.com)
• How Real Is It: Losing Weight (healthcorner.walgreens.com)
• For kids, active bodies mean active brains (USAToday.com)
• Little bit of exercise helps severely obese (UPI.com)
• Extended Seasonal Rates
• Return Clients Now Required to Submit Application
• In Depth: Elisabeth Politi (News14.com)
• On the Table: the Calories Lurking in Restaurant Food (WSJ.com)
• The Good Enough Guide to Health (ABCNews.com)
• Housing Options for New DFC Campus (PDF)
• Directions to New Campus (PDF)
• DFC Moving Date Announced
• How to Lose 10 Pounds in Your 30s, 40s & 50s (Health.com)
• Sending the Right Message (Duke Magazine)
• Packed-on Pounds Put a Damper on Sex for Many in U.S. (USAToday.com)
• Health Groups Putting the Pinch on Salt (ABCNews.com)
• Announcing the Duke DFC Fund
• Housing Options (PDF)
• DFC client and Vogue fashion writer Andre Leon Talley featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show
• Today Show segment featuring DFC Director, Howard Eisenson, and former Diet & Fitness Center patient Susan Ray
• Weight Loss Significantly Improves Sexual Quality of Life
• Study Shows Residential Obesity Treatment Leads to Weight Loss
• DFC Client featured on DiscoveryHealth!
• Reader's Digest: The New Way to Lose Weight
• Parents Join Kids at Fitness Camp
• Study: Moderate exercise won't prevent early heart death
• Treating Obesity Now
• Comfort in a Bowl