It’s not often that you hear healthy eating tips like “Add to your plate to lose weight!” Which is why “The Drop 10 Diet,” by SELF magazine’s [...]
Got a success story of your own? Send it to us at success.stories@huffingtonpost.com and you could be featured on the site! Name: Barbara HawkinsAge: 47Height: 5’7″Before Weight: 250 pounds How I Gained It: I gained my weight when [...]
This short series was prompted by the newly-circulated research indicating that over half of us in the United States will be obese by 2030. This is staggering when you consider how slowly change typically occurs in nature. Less than 10 percent of America was obese 30 years ago. We need to adapt or we’re going [...]
Every other week, it seems as if there’s a new study cautioning people against the health risks of diet soda. But just how dangerous is soda – especially for a person who drinks it every day? Dr. Manny Alvarez, senior managing health editor of FoxNews.com, answers one viewer’s concern. Hi Dr. Manny, I drink a [...]
WAYNESBORO, Pa.— The Awesome Augustines — Niel and Charlene Augustine of Smithsburg — began the Waynesboro YMCA’s Choose 2 Lose Weight Loss Challenge with their eye on winning the competition.But the Smithsburg couple soon re-evaluated their goals. Get the information you need fast. Sign up for our Breaking News alerts today. “We started out trying [...]
Some roles call for an actor to gain or lose a significant amount of weight and that’s why they get paid the big bucks. Anne Hathaway may have scored the coveted role of Fantine in the “Les Miserables” [...]
Got a success story of your own? Send it to us at success.stories@huffingtonpost.com and you could be featured on the site! Name: Brooke MennellaAge: 14Height: 5’0″Before Weight: 194 pounds How I Gained It: I struggled with my weight [...]
Your Friday morning health roundup: Obesity drugs: All drugs for obesity should be tested for heart risks, a panel of advisors to the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The advisors cited what one member called “the checkered history” of diet pills, including some that have been removed from the market for damaging hearts. If [...]
By Gene Emery NEW YORK | Thu Mar 29, 2012 9:18am EDT NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Losing weight and improving fitness may ward off some of the mobility problems that older overweight people with type 2 diabetes often face, according to a new study. The lifestyle changes helped mobile people stay that way and [...]
Studies have hinted that diet-soda lovers could face higher risks of diabetes and heart disease, but new findings suggest that overall diet may be what matters most in the end. Several studies have found that people who regularly down diet soda are more likely than people who don’t to have certain risk factors for those [...]