FOR HEALTH - WEIGHT LOSS AND FITNESS

 What’s the best place in the world to lose weight? The gym!  say the muscle-bound personal trainers, raising their hands (but not really getting that far because their deltoids get in the way). The (huff!) track (puff!)  say the distance runners, bicyclists, triathletes, and other types trucking along with sweat in their eyes and numbers stuck on their chests. The kitchen!  say the nutritionists, dieticians and organic-produce purveyors offering  weight loss tips . But they’re all wrong. Because real, successful, sustainable weight loss comes from achieving excellence in a completely unexpected realm: the bedroom. No, you can’t lovemake your way to being lean. But you can absolutely sleep your way to staying slender. In fact, no matter how many pounds you press, how many miles you log, how much kohlrabi you crunch, it won’t get you anywhere near your weight loss goals unless you’re also getting enough quality sleep. A recent study, uncovered in the   New York Times  best

  Every 10cm increase in waist circumference is linked to a 29 percent higher risk of heart failure, says new study   Spare tires. Saddlebags. Love handles. Muffin tops. Whatever you call the excess flab hanging around your midsection, know that it really needs to go—and not just for aesthetic reasons. Those extra five or 10 pounds you're carrying around your midsection are far more dangerous than you probably realize.  ANOTHER REASON TO LOSE YOUR LOVE HANDLES  Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Imperial College London, and the Oslo University Hospital say a BMI between 25 and 29.9, which is considered overweight but  not obese  (though that's even more dangerous), is linked with a higher risk of heart failure. (If you're 5'9 and 169 pounds, for example, you'd have a BMI of 25, according to the  CDC .) That's according to their  new meta-analysis  of 23 studies with almost 650,000 participants.