Dieting To Lose Weight

Best Superfoods for Weight Loss

Superfoods build bones, prevent chronic diseases, improve your eyesight, and even keep your mind sharp. But did you know new evidence suggests these foods…    

Low-Carbohydrate Diet Good for Overweight Girls?

A low-carbohydrate diet may help prepubescent girls avoid some risks associated with obesity, such as diabetes and heart disease, according to research from the…    

Overweight people eat fewer meals than others

Normal weight adults, including those who had lost a lot of weight and kept it off, ate more often than overweight people in a…    

Low-fat dairy doesn’t help kids drop pounds: study

Kids who swap out regular dairy products for low-fat varieties consume less saturated fat but don’t seem to lose weight, according to Australian researchers.…    

Cutting Carbs is More Effective than Low-Fat Diet for Insulin-Resistant Women

Obese women with insulin resistance lose more weight after three months on a lower-carbohydrate diet than on a traditional low-fat diet with the same…    

Low-carb diet effective at lowering blood pressure

In a head-to-head comparison, two popular weight loss methods proved equally effective at helping participants lose significant amounts of weight. But, in a…    

Forget “fad” diets and eat less, say UK experts

Now that you’re discovering all the extra flab from the Christmas and New Year food and booze binge, you’re casting around for the latest…    

Rate of severe childhood obesity up sharply in U.S.

The rate of severe obesity among U.S. children and teenagers more than tripled over the past three decades, a new study finds.

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Hispanic children in US at greater risk for obesity than other ethnic/racial groups

The prevalence of overweight in the US population is among the highest in Mexican-American children and adolescents. In a study of 1,030 Hispanic children…    

Strict maternal feeding practices not linked to child weight gain

A new study published online in the journal Obesity provides further evidence that strict maternal control over eating habits – such as determining how…    

NYC chain restaurants posting calories on menus

A new rule requiring New York chain restaurants to post calorie information on their menus took effect on Friday, marking a first for a…    

Slow eating trims calorie intake: study

Your mother was right when she told you to take the time to chew your food. Eating slowly, research suggests, can encourage people to…    

Fast food eaters risk liver damage, weight gain

Too much fast food and too little exercise can wreak havoc on the liver, according to results of a small Swedish study.

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Liquids make up 22 percent of American diet

Americans who have made a New Year’s resolution to lose weight should start thinking about more than what they eat, a beverage industry survey…    

Computer-Tailored Health Messages Change Eating Habits

Personalized education messages may nudge people toward healthier habits, according to a new review of studies. The analysis found that computer-tailored health education is…    

Beauty Foods: How Diet Can Improve Appearance

Until recently, most dietary advice has focused on weight management and disease prevention. That focus is now expanding to specifically look at how what…    

Atkins Diet Damaging to Heart

A doctors’ group has announced what it calls the second heart-related death in a person on the Atkins diet, and is calling for a…    

U.S. dietary guidelines get personal

The US Department of Agriculture today presented its new guidelines that for the first time advise consumers to personalize their diet and exercise, geared…    

Sweet drinks help some preschoolers pack on pounds

Preschoolers who drink at least one serving of soda, fruit juice or other sweet beverage every day are likely to become overweight, new…    

Atkins diet can harm

PEOPLE who stay on the high-protein Atkins diet for too long could be harming their heart, kidneys and bones, Australian doctors have warned.

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DHEA cuts abdominal fat in elderly

DHEA is a popular dietary supplement among older people, but its positive or negative effects are unclear. Now, there’s scientific proof that DHEA has…    

Dutch dioxin scare spreads to France and Spain

France and Spain were hit on Tuesday by a dioxin contamination scare that has forced the closure of almost 200 Dutch farms after the…    

Low-carb diet best at producing weight loss

An Atkin’s-type diet that is low in carbohydrates produces much greater weight loss than the low-calorie, low-fat diet currently endorsed by the US National…    

Too few use cholesterol-lowering drugs

Perhaps no medicine today is so widely regarded as a wonder drug as the cholesterol-lowering statin. From Zocor to Lipitor to Pravachol, statins are…    

To eat less, start meals with a low-cal salad

Sometimes ordering more food helps you eat less—that is, if what you order is a low-calorie salad, new research shows.

Investigators found…