A friend recently visited the show and announced that after years of struggling with her weight she's decided to have bariatric surgery. It made me sad.
Did you know that getting enough sleep can boost the effectiveness of vitamin C? Catch more zzz's and you may be able to skip that glass of orange juice.
Doctors and family members thought Gentrie Hansen had an eating disorder after she lost 30 pounds in seven months. Turns out she has a rare disease. Watch her interview on TODAY.
Are you worried about gaining the infamous "freshman fifteen" this fall? If so, there are five books you may want to check out this summer.
For many of us the biggest challenge in our day comes at night. We find it almost impossible to simply put down the fork and move on into the night without our minds drifting towards food.
I used to think that my remarkable ability to add and drop pounds at will was a function of my relationship with food. So I was as surprised as anyone to discover that it actually reflected my relationship with myself.
What if you could take control of your waistline just by logging a few more minutes (and for some, hours) of restful sleep a night? Something to think about.
Treating fat as the "enemy" is that it leads to the demonization of fat people. This compounds the sense of shame many large-bodied people already feel and may try to escape through unhealthy eating patterns.
Obviously sugar content is not the only factor in a food's nutritional value (and not all of these have added sugar), but it can be illuminating to see the relative amounts in the foods we consume.
While I appreciate the culture's desire for larger women, I hope for a culture that appreciates women just as we are.
As Kristin Davis' stand-in on Sex and the City, I was required to be the same height and have the same color hair as her. After a few months on the job, I had gained fifteen pounds.
We've known for years now that sleep and weight maintenance go hand in hand. If you don't get your Zs, you won't see your efforts to lose weight work to your advantage.
Hooters made news yesterday by admitting what most of us already know: Despite claims that it is best known for its wings, it turns out it is really selling breasts. A Hooters in Detroit - does this city really need any more bad publicity? - recently put 20-year-old Cassandra Smith on probation for gaining weight.
America is obsessed with numbers. In terms of body image, most of us want to be thin, and our definition of thinness rests in the form of the number that we read on a scale or clothing tags.
Scientists led by Andrew Gewirtz at Emory University reveal that your intestines harbor a universe of bacteria -- the so-called gut microbiota -- that...
The state Department of Public Health and Environment announced today that although Colorado ranks as one of the leanest states in the country, people...
I cheered when I learned of First Lady Michelle Obama's new initiative, Let's Move, aimed at the mounting epidemic of childhood obesity. It's a breakthrough for government to address obesity's systemic causes.
When you give up unhealthy tendencies such as overdoing it on sugar, not getting enough sleep or consuming too much coffee, you can expect to get more energy.
Only in the movies would you end up with Meg Ryan if you truly are Sleepless in Seattle. Never mind that you are Tom Hanks. In real life, Tom never gets to make out with Meg because he is sleep deprived.
Men are very competitive, so try making up a fake race that's an unrealistic distance at some vague, incredibly far off time. He'll become obsessed with winning and training, and it will never occur to him to question a 400 mile marathon in Decembruary.
A high-fat, high-sugar diet does more than pump calories into your body. It also alters the composition of bacteria in your intestines, making it easi...
Until we can calculate how many calories a person eats, calorie estimates will have to suffice. But let's institute strict laws for companies, like P.F. Chang's, who blatantly misrepresent themselves.
When you start to change the internal dialog the external reality changes and a new, more positive shift in experience happens.
As we all know all too well, the holidays present a multitude of stresses that together can create the perfect 'fat' storm.
Sometimes, people have to see failure before they can be motivated toward success! Today, Our Lady of Weight Loss and Janice Taylor (that's me) give to you 10 Stay Fat Holiday Diet Tips!"
