Monday, September 14, 2009

10 Most Popular Stories of the Week

10 Most Popular Stories

Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin
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Whether because exercise makes us hungry or because we want to reward ourselves, many people eat more — and eat more junk food, like doughnuts — after going to the gym.

1. Why Exercise Won't Make You Thin

By John Cloud

You've heard it for years: to lose weight, hit the gym. But while physical activity is crucial for good health, it doesn't always melt pounds -- in fact, it can add them. Here's why

2. Facebook Gives Birth to the Retrosexual

By Claire Suddath

Thanks to Facebook, more people are hooking up with long-lost crushes. Some are better off lost

3. Jay Leno Is the Future of TV. Seriously

By James Poniewozik

His new show may seem like the oldest thing on television. But it's a radical gamble for NBC -- and a turning point for broadcast

4. That Viral Thing: People of Walmart

By Claire Suddath

A new website catalogs the worst-dressed customers spotted at the big-box retailer

5. The Ripple Effect: What One Layoff Means For A Whole Town

By Massimo Calabresi / Roxboro

How a single layoff reverberates around one community's economy — and why the impact could last for years

6. The Font War: Ikea Fans Fume over Verdana

By Lisa Abend

Swedish furniture giant Ikea has swapped its signature Futura font for the more Web-friendly Verdana, leading fans of design and affordable coffee tables everywhere to take to the Internet in outrage

7. Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap Food

By Bryan Walsh

He's raised on grass and hay and lives happily on a pasture by the ocean. His meat is free of antibiotics, but can we afford to eat it? We can't afford not to

8. Walmart's Latest Move to Crush the Competition

By Sean Gregory / West Deptford, N.J.

More crafts, better clothes, cleaner stores, friendlier service. Will Walmart's Project Impact make the chain even more dominant?

9. Michael Moore's Capitalism Goes for Broke

By Mary Corliss / Venice

His latest film may not be his best but the director of Sicko and Fahrenheit 9/11 has come up with his universal theory of why everything stinks

10. The Working Person's Diet: Too Busy to Eat Right

By Alice Park

A survey of working parents suggests that their busy workplace schedules are a major cause of unhealthy eating habits -- both for themselves and their children

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