Health & Diet News & Features
- Is Fasting Healthy?
Although fasting has been practiced for thousands of years, it's still a subject of intense medical debate. WebMD consulted experts on weight loss and fasting for answers.
- Control Your Winter Appetite
How to avoid winter weight gain.
- Popular Diets of the World: The Latin Diet
The traditional Latin diet is simple and healthy -- full of fresh fruits and vegetables, beans, and one-dish meals.
- Food and Your Mood
Why moods can tempt you to indulge -- and what to do about it
- Popular Diets of the World: The French Diet
Forget low-fat, low-carb, low-taste and low-calorie -- here's how eating the French diet way can keep you slim and healthy.
- Cauliflower: A Royal Health Boost
Cauliflower is not only low in calories, it's also loaded with vitamin C, potassium, fiber, and folic acid. Plus, a recipe for a zesty cauliflower and broccoli pasta dish.
- The Most Fattening Hour of the Day
Tips for the best drink choices to help your diet survive happy hour.
- What's Haunting Your Kitchen?
So you've decided it's time to start eating healthfully. You've stocked up on fruits, veggies, and whole grains.
- 10 Foods that Are Health Horrors
Foods that are really bad for your health.
- Love that Latin Cuisine
It’s time to think outside the burrito! There is much more to Latin cuisine than our favorite Mexican food items -- not that there’s anything wrong with loving Mexican cuisine!
- Lettuce Learn to Wash Produce Properly
The government's recent warning about some packaged fresh spinach has people worried about the safety of their produce, especially greens and lettuces.
- The Portion Problem
Americans are not eating smaller portions despite knowing the facts.
- Light and Luscious Ice Cream
Ice cream is a favorite American treat. We love all kinds of flavors, all kinds of ways -- in cones, sundaes, and shakes and atop pie, cobbler, and cake.
- Make Your Own Fast Food
Americans are eating more meals away from home, a trend expert says is helping to increase our calorie intake. In particular, many researchers say that our huge increase in fast-food consumption over the past few years has played a big role in the national obesity epidemic.
- Hoodia: Lots of Hoopla, Little Science
Hoodia gordonii, a succulent plant native to South Africa, is being imported in heaps to slim down hefty Americans.
- Kids Just Want to Have Fun with Food
When it comes to food, it seems kids just want to have fun.
- Keep Your Summer Body All Winter Long
Learn the secrets of avoiding winter weight gain.
- Can Fad Diets Work?
Many dieters are still trying to find the magic bullet to weight loss. WebMD gets the skinny from experts on the latest quick-fix diets.
- 20 Guilt-Free Splurges
Enjoy refreshing (and guilt-free!) treats you can have for under 100 calories durring the summer
- Eat Smart for a Healthier Brain
Add these 'superfoods' to your daily diet, and you will increase your odds of maintaining a healthy brain for the rest of your life.
- What's Hot in Food and Beverages
The aroma of mouth-watering food wafted in the air along with the sounds of thousands of people, clanging equipment, demonstrations, ice carvings, and even demos of dancing waiters and waitresses profiling the latest in designer uniforms on the exhibit floor of the National Restaurant Association show.
- 6 Foods and Tips for More Fiber
We all know fiber is good for us. Not only can dietary fiber lower cholesterol, it also helps keep us trim and feeling full.
- The Do's and Don'ts of Wedding Weight Loss
Some simple lifestyle changes to avoid married life weight gain.
- Making Dinner Easier
The investment: About two hours of your time and $195. The idea: You assemble a batch of meals at a store that provides recipes, pre-prepared ingredients, and cooking facilities. The result: 12 entrees, ready to take home, freeze, and bake at your leisure.
- Time to Renew New Year's Resolutions
Spring is the perfect time to renew your New Year's resolutions -- or to make new ones.
- Satiety: The New Diet Weapon
Losing weight -- for good - may be about creatively managing hunger.
- Avoid Weekend Weight Gain
How to enjoy the weekend with undoing the calorie counting you've done all week.
- Diet and Fitness Trends
What the future holds for our eating and exercising habits.
- Anatomy of a…Sweet Potato
The sweet potato is a true treat -- year-round.
- 10 Ways to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
Experts say portion control is key when the temptations are endless.
- Put the Brakes on Nighttime Overeating
Tips for breaking the habit of nighttime snacking.
- Got 5 minutes? It Could Save Your Life
Brush up on WebMD's 5-minute lifesaving health tips.
- The Diet From Down Under
The pros and cons of a new Australian diet - and how it compares to popular U.S. diets.
- What to Wear While You Lose Weight
The clothes that fit a few weeks ago now hang in loose and unflattering folds. But with goal weight still several pounds away, it's not time to invest in a whole new wardrobe. So what's a soon-to-be-slimmer person to do?
- CDC: Obesity Is Still an Epidemic
June 2, 2005 — A top government health official reaffirmed obesity's standing as an "epidemic" Thursday, in an attempt to quell public confusion left by controversy over the health consequences of excess weight.
- Healthy Living in the Real World
Quick and easy guidelines for healthy living in the real world.
- Cheater's Guide to Healthy Living
Useful shortcuts for eating right and exercising regularly.
- Do You Really Need to Lose Weight?
7 questions that can help you decide whether to diet.
- The Science Behind How We Taste
Taste, a sense that adds flavor to the world, is a complicated but oh-so-important part of life.
- Diet Shakes: Sipping to Slimness
Are diet shakes the way to lose weight fast? Get the pros and cons here.
- Antioxidant Superstars: Vegetables and Beans
Things like vegetables and beans are rich in antioxidants and part of the recommended daily food groups. Learn which beans and vegetables are the best choices.
- Top 10 Tips to Help Get Your Body Beach-Worthy
Simple slim-down strategies can help you get ready for swimsuit season
- Antioxidants in Fruits
Berries and other fruits deliver super-healthy antioxidants that can help fight disease.
- Weighing In on Scales: Find Your True Weight
For people trying to lose weight, gain muscle, or just maintain a healthy weight, the scale can be both friend and foe, but experts say there's a right way and a wrong way to use the scale.
- Spring Diet Makeover
Four easy tips on small changes you can make in your everyday diet that can add up to big changes for a healthier, fitter you for spring!
- Spring Fashions That Flatter
Learn how to dress 10 pounds thinner this spring without wearing black.
- The Skinny on Diet Scams
Experts weigh in on the top 5 diet scams and how to avoid them.
- French Women's Diet Secret: Yogurt
Easy, portable, and tasty, yogurt may also aid in weight loss
- Jennifer's Story: Success at Last
A woman's true story on weight loss success.
- Secret Summer Diet Foods
It's natural to eat lighter during the summer, and you can do so without feeling deprived. Just try these luscious seasonal foods.