Obese

Why Doesn't Exercise Lead To Weight Loss?

nytimes.com | Gretchen Reynolds | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living


Few people, an overwhelming body of research shows, achieve significant weight loss with exercise alone, not without changing their eating habits. A n...

Weight Loss In College: No More Freshman Fifteen

newsweek.com | Johannah Cornblatt | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living


With more than 30 percent of college students falling into the American College Health Association's obese or overweight categories, Yale is not the o...

Anxious Kids At Risk For Obesity In Adulthood

forbes.com | Thomas F. Cooley | Posted 11.17.2009 | Living


Children with emotional difficulties have a greater risk of becoming obese in adulthood, new research has found....

5 Things To Do Before You Diet

self.com | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living


Later this week, we'll be launching our brand new Reach Your Goal 2009 program here on Self.com and in the September issue of the magazine. It's an aw...

Is It Okay to Fire People Who Smoke or Are Obese?

Tony Newman | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living


Tony Newman

By firing workers for smoking or being overweight -- and penalizing them when it comes to their health care -- we will be demonizing and marginalizing those to whom we should be reaching out.

Top 5 Tips for a Healthier, Happier Pet

Wendy Diamond | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living


Wendy Diamond

We are the sole controllers of what go into our pet's mouths so we must govern what we feed our pets and how to help them control their weight.

Lighten Up: Step It Up!

Kim Bensen | Posted 03.26.2009 | Living


Kim Bensen

Despite the fact that I lost 212 pounds, I have to admit that exercise played a barely negligible part in my weight loss.

Can You Tell If Someone is Obese Over the Phone?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 10.24.2008 | Style


Charlotte Hilton Andersen

This is the kind of Mensa-level question posed by the D.J. on the radio show I sometimes listen to.

Can an Anorexic Woman and an Obese Woman Be Best Friends?

Leslie Goldman | Posted 08.08.2008 | Style


Leslie Goldman

The opening dialogue of disFigured moves into a rare plotline that I found shockingly real, touchy, emotional, humorous and hurtful, and introspective for viewers heavy and thin alike.

Does Fat By Any Other Name Still Look Bad In Lycra?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living


Charlotte Hilton Andersen

From the country who gave us both Harajuku and Ninja Warrior, we now get a new trend. Japan has an aggressive yet motherly new public health mission of reducing the national waistline.