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May 11, 2010

Live chat about weight loss; ask questions now

Our live chat with Dr. Lawrence Cheskin, director of the Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, kicks off in a couple hours, but you can ask questions now via the comments or the widget below. Cheskin will be live on the blog at noon with answers to weight-loss, diet and nutrition questions, and he'll address other concerns you may have.

<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php/option=com_mobile/task=viewaltcast/altcast_code=cd992cc4da" >Live chat: Ask a weight-loss expert</a>

Posted by Carla Correa at 10:31 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
Categories: Diet and exercise

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Question - Is there consensus at Hopkins re the validity of the Low Carb lifestyle as put forth by "The New Atkins for a New You," which has a very supportive "Foreward" written by Dr. Eric H. Kossoff, Medical Director of the Ketogenic Diet Center Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins Hospital?

Posted by: EZO | May 11, 2010 3:22 PM

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About Picture of Health

Meredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends. Her aim is to bring you the latest news and information from the local and national medical and wellness communities.

Andrea K. Walker knows it’s weird to some people, but she has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. She subscribes to a variety of health and fitness magazines and becomes easily engrossed in the latest research in health and science. An exercise fanatic, she’s probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. So it is probably fitting that she has been assigned to cover the business of healthcare and to become a regular contributor to this blog. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail , airlines and small and minority business. She looks forward to telling readers about the latest health news.

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