Losing weight

Even modest weight loss reduces diabetes risk If you're overweight, losing just a pound or two a year--and keeping the weight off--can help prevent diabetes, researchers report...

Canadian 'supersalt' fights iron deficiency Canadian researchers said on Friday they have perfected a process using common salt that could improve the health of millions of people around the world who don't get enough iron in their diets...

Few diabetics stick to exercise, diet plans While losing weight, exercising and quitting smoking can lower rates and improve symptoms in patients with type 2 diabetes, most patients fail to sustain such health-promoting behaviors long enough to see results...

Large Doses of Vitamin E Do Not Decrease the Risk of Cardiovasculardisease Numerous publications suggest that taking more vitamin E reduces the risk of various types of cardiovascular disease...

Getting fit for fun better than trying to lose weight Obese women are more likely to improve their health when they exercise to feel better, not to lose weight, study findings show...

Positive pregnancy outcomes after gastric banding Gastric banding--a surgical procedure used to treat the morbidly obese--had no effects on pregnancies in women who became pregnant soon after the operation, a small study has found...

Californians losing fight against flab California, once home of the itsy-bitsy bikini, is losing the fight against flab with more than half of the state's adult population now classified as obese or overweight for the first time...

How do your children grow? Growth from ages one to 10 tends to more subtle but no less important than during infancy...

How do your children grow? Growth from ages one to 10 tends to more subtle but no less important than during infancy...

Even With Surgery, Weight Loss Doesn`t Come Easy I grabbed the slender black dress off its hanger. A size 14. Fifteen years of my life, two children, a college degree and a new job had passed since I wore that size...