Late night eating is associated with weight gain and overeating, a carefully designed study shows why this may be more than just an association
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Is intermittent fasting more than just a way to cut caloric intake? A new study puts it to a long-term, randomized test.
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There are hints from research that intermittent fasting is actually more than just a trick for consuming fewer calories; might microbiome changes explain these benefits?
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How do you make the same raw ingredients rich and exciting? Julia Child taught us an easy trick: “With enough butter, anything is good.” Likewise, some more salt and added sweetness may improve flavor. There’s a better way, though: the spice way.
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Exercise on its own – without reducing caloric intake – results in less than expected weight loss. Here's why.
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A new study joins others in showing that over time, well-meaning parents’ attempts to curb unhealthy snacking by restricting them backfires and achieves the opposite results. On the other hand, if parents remove unhealthy foods and replace them with healthy foods, without comment of fuss, kids eat better after a while.
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A new meta-analysis, including 200,000 people, finds that family meals help fight overweight and obesity. The family meal offers a great opportunity to lead by example, communicate good habits and to enjoy healthier food.
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If there were a drug that could lower your cancer risk by 25 or 33 percent, wouldn’t you be urging your doctor to prescribe it for you?
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When it comes to storing fat it isn’t just how much we eat, but also what we eat. Some foods – and no, it isn’t just beer that causes a big belly – lead to fat storage in the worst-for-health places – in the liver and around internal organs.
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Whole grains – unlike refined grains, which have been stripped off their bran and germ and rendered into pretty much pure carbs – retain many essential nutrients. A new study puts whole grains to the test.
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Eating after 8pm has been associated with weight gain. But what if 8pm is the middle of your day? Many of today’s teens and college-aged kids live in social jetlag.
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There’s nothing wrong with a cup of coffee. Coffee by itself is actually part of a healthy diet and lifestyle. But coffee and sugar are connected in more than one way.
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Can skipping meals help you cut calories? Does it matter when you eat your meals? If somehow we could arrange the same amount of food so that our bodies registered fewer calories, we could lose weight without sacrifice.
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Low-sugar, low-fat, reduced-salt, but is it healthy? In many cases, foods containing low-sugar, low-fat or low-salt claims had a worse nutritional profile than those without claims, finds a new study
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Millennials are the first cohort to be born into an obesogenic world, they are fatter than their parents at the same age, and are projected to gain 35 pounds in the first 15 years after they finish high school.
October’s the new January and the time for New Year’s resolutions might be right around the corner.
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It’s becoming clear that the keeping-lost-weight-off part is at least just as hard as shedding those pounds.
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A new study found that the more chocolate and candy kids ate, the slimmer they tended to be. The odds of being overweight or obese were 18 percent lower among the most avid consumers of chocolate and candy.
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