Weight Loss Of 10 Pounds Over 3 Years By Eating 100 Calories Less Per Day, New Predictive Model Shows

Doctors and dieticians have worked for decades assuming that cutting 500 calories from a person’s daily diet will result in a steady weight loss of approximately one pound per week, however, this assumption is incorrect, as it does not take metabolic changes into account that can lead to unrealistic expectations for diet plans…

New Children’s Book Labeled "Dangerous" By Diet Guru

The founder of Britain’s top weight loss organization has called a book about the story of a short overweight girl who diets and becomes the school soccer star “an outrage”…

Promoting Physical Activity And Healthy Eating Among Children In Child-Care – More Can Be Done

At a young age physical activity and eating habits for a lifetime can develop. As preschool child care usage rises and the commonness of childhood obesity is at an all-time high, the opportunity to positively influence eating and physical activity habits within this setting presents itself…

Chocolate Wars: Flavored Milk Ban In Schools Continues

There really is a war going on against obesity in the United States and now the childhood favorite of so many, the reason for multiple bullying incidents and a huge sugar delivery mechanism may be banned from schools…

Undernutrition In Childhood, Adolescence Or Young Adulthood Increases Risk Of Heart Disease Later

A study of women who were children, teenagers or young adults during the Dutch famine in 1944-45 has shown that undernutrition, particularly in the adolescent years, is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease in later life…