obesity
Daily weigh-ins may encourage weight loss
Health & Fitness
April 6, 2015
Daily weigh-ins may encourage weight loss
Getting on the scale every day may boost enthusiasm for healthy behaviors and lead to greater weight loss, according to…
Walking may help overweight people curb sugar cravings
Health & Fitness
April 5, 2015
Walking may help overweight people curb sugar cravings
Walking for 15 minutes may help overweight people at least temporarily reduce cravings for high-calorie, sugary snacks, a small study…
French study links lack of sleep with obesity
Health & Fitness
April 4, 2015
French study links lack of sleep with obesity
Sleep disorders and overeating appear to be linked, according to a recent investigation conducted by the French National Institute of…
Obese people may be more sensitive to food smells
Health & Fitness
April 3, 2015
Obese people may be more sensitive to food smells
Obese people are better at detecting the scent of chocolate and find it more pleasant than non-obese people, according to…
Study: Fast-food curb did not cut obesity rate in South LA
Health & Fitness
March 19, 2015
Study: Fast-food curb did not cut obesity rate in South LA
A much-hailed law that restricted the opening of new stand-alone fast-food restaurants in one of the poorest sections of Los…
Slash sugar intake to fight obesity, tooth decay: WHO
Health & Fitness
March 5, 2015
Slash sugar intake to fight obesity, tooth decay: WHO
Adults and children from the Americas to Western Europe and the Middle East must roughly halve the amount of sugar…
Risk factors for heartburn: excess weight, smoking
Health & Fitness
March 3, 2015
Risk factors for heartburn: excess weight, smoking
Excess pounds and smoking might each raise the likelihood of frequent heartburn or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), according to a…
More frequent meals may lead to weight loss, study reveals
Health & Fitness
February 22, 2015
More frequent meals may lead to weight loss, study reveals
Adults who had multiple small meals every day tended to eat better, and weight less, than those who had fewer…
Obesity treatment progress is “unacceptably slow”
Health & Fitness
February 19, 2015
Obesity treatment progress is “unacceptably slow”
Global progress toward tackling obesity has been "unacceptably slow", health experts said on Wednesday, with only one in four countries…
New calorie-counting app for weight lose stimulation
Health & Fitness
December 22, 2014
New calorie-counting app for weight lose stimulation
MyFitnessPal is one of the most positively reviewed apps in the Apple and Android app stores, they write in the…