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TOPS Helps Decipher Food Marketing Gimmicks
Supermarket shelves abound with “value-added” foods, offering innovative twists on traditional products. The options can seem endless and overwhelming. TOPS explained to Medical News Today how value-added foods aren’t all that valuable. (March 23, 2011)

Another TOPS Scooper Star
Nebraska member Kelly Rushlow lost 100 pounds with TOPS. She shared her inspirational success story with SkinnyScoopers.com. (March 18, 2011)

TOPS’ Veggie Tips for Modern Moms
Whether you’re trying to lose weight or just maintain a healthy lifestyle, it’s important to include a variety of vegetables in your meal planning. These tips from TOPS offer some creative ways to eat more vegetables. (March 8, 2011)

SkinnyScoopers.com Loves TOPS’ Amazing Stories
Losing weight is hard, no matter what diet or program you follow. Skinny Scoopers confirmed that there is one thing that can make it easier: doing it with a partner. To help illustrate this point—which is a very important facet of TOPS membership—they featured best friends and TOPS members, Madge Boldt and Karen Wimmer of Rhode Island. (March 4, 2011)

Game for the Golden Years
Valerie McDowell, Alberta’s 2009 Queen, is a 53-years-young grandmother with a renewed zest for life. She shared her experience and the motivation that steered her on the path to a healthier lifestyle with C•Health online and various newspapers throughout Canada. (January 10, 2011)

TheSavvyGal.com Shares TOPS’ Tips for Healthier Holidays
The holidays are filled with good cheer and good food, and can lead to unwanted weight gain if not handled sensibly. One of TOPS’ nutrition experts—Dena McDowell, MS, RD, CD—shares the healthy TOPS approach to holiday food. (November 9, 2010)

SkinnyScoopers.com Highlight’s 2009 Missouri Queen’s Amazing Journey
Bonnie Rafferty’s success has inspired her husband and daughter to join TOPS and make weight-loss a family affair. Battling weight since she was 12, this mother of five shares her TOPS experiences, which led to a loss of more than 100 pounds. (November 1, 2010)

SkinnyScoopers.com Shares Story of Member’s Return
When Patti Wood’s doctor told her that she had congestive heart failure, high blood pressure, and needed a knee replacement, she returned to TOPS for help. She had been taking care of everyone but herself. Her new focus resulted in a loss of 176 pounds! (October 26, 2010)

Betty Confidential.com: The Halloween Candy Trap
Dena McDowell, RD, nutritional consultant for TOPS, shares insight and action plans for dealing with the temptation presented by Halloween treats. (October 11, 2010)

TOPS Teams Up to Fight Employee Obesity
To help temper the upward spiral trend of obesity and increase overall wellness, TOPS offers a remedy in the form of "personal healthcare reform." TOPS can provide a flexible and affordable component to employers' workplace wellness efforts, lowering healthcare costs, reducing absenteeism and increasing productivity. Read more from the Small Business Digest. (August 31, 2010)

The Buddy System
Jerome Biggars, TOPS 2009 International King, is the epitome of TOPS success. As a partner of the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation, TOPS shared more information at www.parents.com/hwcf. (August 9, 2010)

SkinnyScoopers.com Loves TOPS’ Success Stories
Lisa Vorwerk, the 2009 Arkansas Queen Runner-Up, lost more than 120 pounds and 60 inches – and shared her story with Skinny Scoopers, hoping to inspire others to turn their memories of their former self into the reality of their present. (May 4, 2010)

Transformation Times Two
Woman’s Day online posted a Couples Edition of Weight-Loss Transformations on April 23, 2010. Successful TOPS members Kevin and Tracy Devoy shared their tips on how to work together to take off pounds sensibly. (April 23, 2010)

Inspiration Online
Another TOPS member is named a “Scooper Star!” 2008 Greatest Improvement Winner Katherine Williams shared her inspirational story in the April 20 newsletter issued by SkinnyScoopers.com. (April 2010)

Changing Habits
In a blog dated April 14, 2010, Psychology Today explored “Does Your Inner Two-Year-Old Need a Habit Change.” The blogger highlighted Carla, a returning TOPS member, because we’re “the one support group that had worked best for her.” (April 14, 2010)