Weight Loss & Obesity News & Features

"I can lose 10 ugly pounds anytime I want -- I'll just cut off my head!" Do you use humor to make light of your emotional eating and your weight? Make jokes about overeating and being fat as a way of getting along with other people? I was a Grand Champion at it.

When you're trying to lose weight, often your friends and loved ones become the greatest obstacle. Learn how to turn these diet saboteurs into diet supporters.

More fast food chains and restaurants are jumping on the health food bandwagon. But are these lower-fat choices a whole-hearted effort to fight obesity?

Gastric bypass surgery can definitely change a person's life for the better, but there are also some serious risks and profound life changes that go along with the surgery.

Knowledge is power: You can break habits

Weight loss surgery can change your life -- but it's important to know there's almost as much preparation as there is recuperation for people who undergo the surgery. And once the deal is done, there is often no turning back. Are you ready?

You've heard of retail therapy and cinema therapy? Now comes "culinary therapy," the philosophy of making friends with food in the intimacy of your own kitchen.

Learn the how-tos of psyching yourself into cooking healthy.

There are safe ways to drop extra pounds using diet supplements, but stay away from untested diet pills.

Can't keep off the weight? Maybe you're caught in a diet trap.

If trying to lose those extra pounds is getting you down, don't despair; doctors say even a modest weight loss can net important health benefits.

Overcome emotional eating. There are many ways to cope with the stress of the day that don't include turning to food for comfort.

Sleep loss can effect appetite and metabolism and make it harder to lose weight.

How to stay on track with a diet plan.

What's keeping you from losing weight successfully? Chances are, it's not just what you're eating and how much (or how little) you're exercising. For most people, a major part of the problem is how they think about their food, their exercise, and themselves.

You can lose weight and keep it off, no matter what your body type or genetics -- here are four tips that will help.

A community gets together to 'Fight the Fat' and loses almost 4,000 pounds.

Lots of diets promise quick and easy weight loss. But what do you do afterward? Instead of rapid loss, focus on slow changes that result in sustainable weight management.

Are your sites set on losing weight? More and more people are using the Internet to become virtually fit.

It's not for everyone, but when it works, the results can be dramatic.

Not really. But experts say that low-fat diets aren't the answer, either.

This article shows how it can be easier to stay motivated as you diet if you watch for and avoid the most common blunders.