A recent BMC Public Health study analyzes self-monitoring data from Chinese adults who participated in a group weight loss intervention using a mixed-methods approach. Study: Why more successful? An ...

New research has underscored how characteristics of "grit" and self-control are associated with better weight loss and weight maintenance outcomes in a study focusing on couples. And that these ...

I grew up accompanying my mother on her endless quest to be a different size. My formative years were a cycle of step aerobics classes, Weight Watchers meetings, Curves gym sessions, Nutrisystem meals ...

Across social media and encrypted messaging apps, a new frontier of weight loss is unfolding in real time, with people ...

As a new year begins, many people set goals to feel better and live healthier. But what if the key to lasting change isn’t ...

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From the moment we set foot into the world, we are geared to want to be society’s definition of beautiful — long and lean. Our happiness is determined by a scale, one that can’t calculate happiness, ...

Who could forget the episode of The Office when employees at the Scranton branch took part in a company weight-loss challenge? The TV sitcom played for laughs the tactics that some of the characters ...

For as long as I can remember, I've been the fat daughter. Although in reality (and looking back at those photos) I was anything but fat but that was just my role in the family. I was actually average ...