Jack in the Box Yanks Toys from Kids' Meals

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fast-food chain Jack in the Box has pulled toys from its kids' meals, a spokesman told ...

America’s First Lady Teams with Grocers to Provide Access to Healthy Food

 Some of the biggest names among retail grocers have joined with first lady Michelle Obama in her campaign to provide ...

Diet Soda Linked to Expanding the Waistline Rather Than Trimming It

Findings showed that although the waistlines of all participants expanded to some extent, those who were diet soda drinkers ...

Weight Loss Enemy Foods to Avoid: Forever on Your Hips Once Past the Lips

 A new study from Harvard researchers provides scientific evidence that you are what you eat. In the quest for weight ...

Americans are Snacking Their “Weigh” to Obesity

 As time goes on, America’s waistline continues to expand. In the age of fast-moving technology, people are moving ...

Weight Loss Maintenance: How it Differs from Dieting

 Dieting requires tools to expend more calories than you take in. This happens in a variety of ways, but the techniques ...

FDA Attempting to Regulate Dietary Supplements

 The Food and Drug Administration has taken hits over their lack of regulation for dietary supplements, but are taking ...

Waistlines Across America Continue to Grow

Obesity rates continue to increase across America, with almost one-third of Americans now living with a body mass index ...

Eating Disorders Increase Risk of Death

 People who suffer from anorexia, bulimia, as well as unspecified eating disorders, have a higher rate of death than ...

Kids LiveWell: Offering Healthy Menu Options at Chain Restaurants

 Chain restaurants across the nation have banded together to unveil a new initiative that lays the groundwork for ...

Daily Diet: Blind Study Puts Premade Diet Meals to the Test

 Now more than ever, people across the globe are focused on healthy eating, nutrition and diet fads. With obesity ...

HealthNews Salutes: MAYA Food Oasis

 It is difficult enough for many people living in underprivileged communities to find healthy, accessible and affordable ...

The Bigger the Fork, the Smaller the Waistline

 Although the preconceived notion is to think in terms of reduced food portions on small plates when it comes to maintaining ...

Top 5 Tips for Shopping Your Local Farmers Market

In a perfect world, we would raise our own food. Chickens running free in the backyard yielding beautiful speckled eggs ...

Weight Loss Surgery May Cure Diabetes in Many Cases

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most obese people with diabetes will be cured of the blood sugar disease after undergoing weight ...

Can Obesity Increase the Risk of Breast Cancer?

Although smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol increase the risks of developing cancer, being overweight increases the ...

McDonald’s to Include Extra Side of Healthy in Happy Meals

 Fast food restaurants have been feeling the pressure about the overall quality and health quotient of their menu ...

Atkins Diet Plan

The Atkins Diet Plan gained popularity in 1972 with the publication of Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution. Dr. Atkins, the founder ...

Daily Diet: Increase in Incidence of Celiac Disease

Apparently you are never too old to be diagnosed with celiac disease, and new findings challenge the notion that it is something ...

Long-Term Weight Loss May Be Harmful to Health

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Long-term weight loss may release into the blood industrial pollutants linked to illnesses like diabetes, ...

Obesity Surgery Tied to Lower Diabetes Risk in Pregnancy

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Severely obese women who undergo weight-loss surgery may have a decreased risk of developing ...

The Clean Diet: Newest Celebrity Fad?

It’s no secret that celebrities feel the pressure to look beautiful, to be thin and smart and the best at what they do. ...

Top 10 Most Popular Weight Loss Diets

Obesity is a costly issue, but weight loss can be just as expensive. Trying diet after diet after diet not only takes money ...

How to Gain Weight Eating Healthy Foods

It may feel pretty lonely out there when everyone you know is trying to shed pounds and you are trying to put some on. ...

More Time Needs to Be Spent on Exercising to Lose Weight

With more and more developing nations adopting the Western lifestyle, they are also exposing themselves to the plight of ...