As Snack Attacks Rise, Seek Healthy Options
Youths of all ages from 2 through the teen years snack more often. With 13 to 14 percent of children and adolescents overweight, we can blame eating between meals for part of the trend.
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Exercise for the Seriously Unfit
You can't walk across a room without huffing and puffing. Your arms get tired unpacking a bag of groceries. You're carrying more and more excess body weight. And you can't remember the last time you got any real exercise.
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How to Live Life Like a Thin Person
The National Weight Control Registry tracks people who have lost at least 30 pounds and kept it off for five years or more. Here's a look at their strategies for success.
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Pounding Obesity One Town at a Time
With two out of three Americans overweight or obese, it's become a community problem. The solution requires cooperation from public and private institutions.
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Take a Look at a Healthy Diet
Change your approach from a negative one—what can’t I eat—to a positive one—what can I eat—to make my diet more healthy.
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The Science of Weight Loss
The balance of diet studies shows it's not carbohydrates specifically that count, but the total calories and fat consumed.
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Tip the Scales in Your Child's Favor
Excess childhood weight is placing "an unprecedented burden" on children's health. It's triggering a host of dangerous health problems once seen only in adults.
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When Your Diet 'Disconnects'
Even with some basic knowledge about how to accomplish weight-loss goals, 66 percent of us are still overweight.
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