Only half of overweight Americans are serious about weight loss Most overweight Americans want to lose a few pounds, but only half say they are seriously trying to do so, a new poll suggests.
7 packaged foods nutritionists actually want you to eat Packaged foods get a pretty bad rap, and rightly so.
How to achieve and maintain a healthy weight In the fight against weight gain, when you eat might be as important as what you eat.
5 toxic thoughts that get in the way of weight loss Many of the clients I work with have a pretty good handle on what they should be eating.
Oregon woman writes obesity insults on stomach before tummy tuck to 'shed negativity' An Oregon woman who shed 140 lbs after fearing she would "die obese" marked her stomach with hate comments she had received throughout her life before undergoing a tummy tuck.
Weight gain between pregnancies raises risks for babies, study says Healthy-weight women who gained weight between their first and second pregnancies—even as little as 12 pounds for someone of average height—had an increased risk of a stillbirth or their baby dying within the first year of life, compared with women whose weight remained stable, according to a Swedish study.
Healthy diets may not be one-size-fits-all When two people follow the same weight-loss diet to the letter, but one fails to lose weight, the problem might be their bodies' different responses to the same foods, a recent Israeli study suggests.
500-lb Missouri man on mission to run a 5K every month to lose weight Derek Mitchell, a 500-lb man from Kansas City, Missouri, has committed to run at least one 5K race a month— not only to get in shape, but also to encourage other people to do the same.
People who eat more yogurt have smaller waists A review of previous studies suggests that people who eat yogurt have lower body weight, less body fat and smaller waists - but it's not clear if the yogurt is the reason.
Michigan man fundraising for surgery to remove excess skin after losing 400 pounds At 26 years old, Jesse Shand was homebound, had dropped out of college after a year, and was channeling his depression into negative comments on an Internet forum.
