Watching food ads on TV leads to a boost in snacking among children and adults, increasing the risk of weight gain, U.S. researchers say....
Cellulite -- the dimpled, uneven skin that mars the backsides and thighs of women everywhere -- is a scourge to bikini-wearers and a squelcher of ligh...
French doctor, Serge Ahmed, of Bordeaux, has been working with rats and giving them the choice between cocaine and sugar. Guess what wins, time and again? That's right, sugar.
No, I don't despise thin people or even naturally thin models. I am, however, disgusted with the promotion of eating disorders running rampant in fashion magazines.
Not only do bulimics get the dopamine high, they also avoid the inevitable weight gain their high calorie binges would produce if they didn't purge.
WASHINGTON — Scan the breathless headlines at any magazine rack _ Fight Flab in Minutes! Get Beach Ready! Add the skinny yet buxom model, and it...
Schools, airports and hospitals are all places where you have to eat what is served. These institutions serve unhealthy food that is filled with fat, sugar and salt.
At first, I thought this photo of Spc. Taylor Jordan lifting weights in the Korengal Valley was published out of irony.
Oprah, for all of our sakes, stop the dieting on your show. It tells way too many women that it's okay to go on unhealthy yo-yo diets.
Without starving yourself, without diet pills or gimmicks, even without exercise, it is possible to have thinner, smoother thighs in three weeks.
In a recent New Yorker cartoon, a man says to his buddies as he chows down on a steak, "I want a woman who's not afraid to have a few extra pounds--bu...
Spring Break has broken out in the political techno-sphere with attractive, blonde women scrapping in unseemly and insensitive ways.
It's important to lose weight in a way that enhances your health rather than one that may compromise it.
Despite the fact that I lost 212 pounds, I have to admit that exercise played a barely negligible part in my weight loss.
Despite the fact that men and women seem to struggle with weight in fairly equal numbers as adults, women do tend to put weight on in their butts, vs. their stomachs.
And now for something completely different: five out-of-the-box approaches to help you change a habit, a mind-set or the way you think about change....
You've been doing well and then something threw a monkey wrench into your formula for success. Make no mistake -- setbacks suck. Time for the 4As.
An Experiential Calorie is a unit of awareness, a unit of conscious presence, a unit of meaning. The job of an Experiential Calorie is to enrich your Mind. Take a moment to count the latter.
Do you know what works for you to keep your momentum? Knowing what's works for you is key. There are no "one size fits all" solutions -- each of us sustains motivation differently.
Most stomach-stapling patients lose 3/4 of their extra weight within 12 months. However, complications will strike a quarter of people who have the surgery and one in every 200 will die from it.
An occasional reference to our imperfection is one thing; an ongoing commentary is different. You might think that little remarks about weight are harmless, but they add up.
The more you demean yourself for having a 'food mistake' the more you fuel having a binge. One binge fuels the next and all of a sudden you can't fit in your Inauguration dress.
When you're feeling blue or overwhelmed, it's tempting to try to pick yourself up by indulging in a "treat." Unfortunately, a guilty pleasure is often...
America, and quite possibly the world, has been watching your private battle of the bulge for the last 20 years, and we feel your pain.
The food comas that will descend on many of us over the holidays may not actually come from the turkey, ham or other holiday meal. You'd have to eat a...
