Do you always end up ordering the most fattening item on your favorite takeout menu after you’ve looked at it a little too long? Instead of using the menu ... Read More

A 2004 study at University of California Berkley showed sweet and salty foods, soda, and alcoholic beverages account for nearly a third of the calories Americans consume while fruit ... Read More

If you go back to eating the same number of calorie you used to before you lost weight, you'll gain weight and eventually end up weighing what you did before! ... Read More

A 2004 study at the University of Nottingham showed women who eat sporadically burn fewer calories than those who eat on a regular schedule. Women who ate three meals ... Read More

Slim-Fast is recalling three Slim-Fast bar products because they may contain peanuts that are being recalled by Peanut Corporation of America (PCA). This recall was ordered by the Texas Department ... Read More

You know that chocolate fast food milkshakes may not be the best choice for a healthy diet, but do you realize just how many calories just one provides? I ... Read More

Add some oats to your diet! Oats are a good source of soluble fiber and they can help lower "bad" cholesterol and may help lower blood pressure. And ... Read More

Are you searching for a guilt-free gift to bestow upon your beloved? If your significant other is watching their weight... that box of chocolates probably isn't going to be a ... Read More

Love is in the air on the About.com network! Looking for some Valentine's Day gifts that don't include calories? Check out the About.com Valentine's Special where you can ... Read More

Detox diets that banish solid food are not a good way to permanently lose weight. They promise quick weight loss and it may seem they deliver -- but the catch ... Read More

If you are concerned about your child's weight, visit How Childhood Obesity is Diagnosed by About.com's new family fitness Guide, Catherine Holecko. Catherine explains the difference between overweight and ... Read More

Are you signed up for our e-Course, Weight Loss 101? If not, take a sneak peek at a lesson, Before You Choose a Diet or Weight Loss Program . ... Read More

A study published in the International Journal of Obesity found people who walk fewer than 5,000 steps per day are more likely to be overweight. Those who walk more ... Read More

According to research at Brown University, sticking to exercise longer may all boil down to how you feel before your workout. Sedentary study participants who psyched themselves up to ... Read More