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What Is the K-E Diet?
You might have heard about the Ketogenic Nutrition Diet (or K-E Diet) (or “feeding tube” diet), or perhaps seen the segment about it recently on the TV show 20/20, where More »
Want to Lose Weight? Don't Eat Late at Night
Weight gain and obesity is in the news all the time. If you are like most people, you are looking to lose at least ten pounds and maybe more to attain your optimal weight. More »
How to Improve Body Image and Self-Esteem in Overweight Teens
Overweight teens who have a higher body satisfaction and positive body image also tend to have higher self-esteem, and are less prone to engage in unhealthy behaviors to control their weight (such More »
How To Prevent Vacation Weight Gain
How to Have Fun without Gains and Guilt For many of us, More »
Obesity not always tied to higher heart risk: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An obese person isn't inevitably at increased risk of cardiovascular disease and death, a new U.K. study finds. "The people really at risk are the ones who have obesity in combination with other metabolic healt... More »
Novo obesity drug seen with 43 percent chance of approval
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish group Novo Nordisk's diabetes drug Victoza has a 43 percent chance of being approved as an obesity treatment in the United States, according to a Reuters poll which found Danish bank analysts had the highest expec... More »
Anti-obesity proposal fails again at McDonald's
OAK BROOK, Ill., May 24 - McDonald's Corp investors soundly rejected a shareholder proposal that would have required the world's biggest fast-food chain to assess its impact on childhood obesity. The subject was a major topic of discussion... More »