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Around 60 percent of Americans use social media. Giving up social media for Lent allows people to disconnect from the virtual world, which is wise to do from time to time to prevent you from being disconnected from the real world. (Photo by FRED TANNEAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Study: Tweeting Could Help Users Lose Weight

A new study has found that those who use the microblogging website Twitter to discuss their weight loss goals may ultimately have an easier time achieving them.

CBS Charlotte–2013/01/21

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Charlotte Doc: Adjust Insurance Premiums Based On Health and Habit

A Charlotte doctor feels that obesity caused by habit is weighing down the American health care system, and that one possible solution to the problem is to require that portion of the obese population to pay higher health insurance premiums.

2012/02/29

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