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Many women may not notice if a few meals contain significantly fewer calories than the meals they are used to, a new study shows.

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University in…

THE Atkins diet is more likely to cause bad breath, constipation and headaches than other diets.

And the low carbohydrate, high protein regime, favoured by celebrities, offers no magic formula for…

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

The high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet, popular among Hollywood…

The company behind the Atkins Diet on Friday shrugged off a recent decline in interest in low-carb diets as a seasonal blip, and its marketing chief said consumers would cut…

Obesity results when the body consumes more energy than it uses. Research points to several different factors that may influence weight gain. About 90% of people who diet…

The Western Lifestyle
The Western lifestyle plays a major role in obesity. The effect of Western culture can be demonstrated by the fact that adolescent obesity…

The World Health Organization now considers obesity to be a global epidemic and a public health problem as more nations become “Westernized.” Globally, an estimated 250 million adults are now obese, and…

Identifying Obesity in Children
The same BMI standards used for adults along with anthropometry (measurement of fat by skin fold thickness) may be used to identify overweight adolescents, although there…

Age plays an important role in helping to define the risk from obesity. The mortality rates due to being overweight decline with age. One study suggested, for example, that being over…

General Adverse Effects of Obesity
Over 300,000 lives could be saved each year if all Americans maintained a healthy weight. Obesity is associated with more chronic health problems than…

Commercial Weight Loss Programs.  This report cannot possibly address the many commercial and nonprofit weight-loss programs currently available or assess their claims. Most of the commercial programs, such as Weight Watchers,…

High-protein low-carbohydrate diets have become popular again. They include the Zone, Dr. Atkins, Protein Power, Sugar Busters, and Dr. Stillman. As an example, the Atkins diet has a four-phase program:

Some studies suggest that replacing foods high in fats with low-fat complex carbohydrates (fruits, vegetables, and whole grains) may be more effective than calorie counting, particularly in maintaining weight loss. This dietary approach…

Drugs used for weight loss are generally called anorexiants. All the drugs are potentially effective when used appropriately and with additional weight loss measures, including exercise and behavioral…

Naltrexone. The drug naltrexone (Trexan) blocks the euphoria of drug abusers and is being tested for people who binge. Its effects have been promising. (The drug has no effect on people who do…

Spot Exercising.  Anyone seeking to lose weight must expect that the results may not be as cosmetically satisfying as one would wish. Spot exercising, training particular areas of the…

Surgical procedures for obesity (also called bariatric surgery) may be appropriate for some dangerously obese people and may reduce risk factors for heart problems, including high blood pressure, sleep apnea, and diabetes. The…

How much did that afternoon snack cut into your daily allowance of calories?

The U.S. government wants food companies to make the answer clear on product labels.

A…

The term BMI is often used when discussing the obesity epidemic, but what is BMI?

BMI stands for Body Mass Index. It is a number that shows body weight adjusted for height. BMI…

Obesity rates in Britain are soaring with one in five adults now classed as clinically obese.

Despite Government warnings that we are turning into a nation of couch potatoes and risking…

The number of diabetes sufferers is expected to double in Britain over the next ten years, causing a huge increase in deaths from heart disease.

Yet many could ward off the…

A new guide to make it easier for people to increase their intake of fruit and vegetables was launched by the Government today.

As efforts to tackle the emerging obesity…

Ideas on how to tackle the nation’s problems with obesity, poor diet and lack of exercise were being discussed at a Government summit.

The Diet and Exercise Summit, organised by the Department…

A new ‘obesity’ gene test may detect babies at risk before their first birthday. Cambridge University researchers are developing a genetic test that will identify children destined to pile on…