Health & Diet News & Features
- Tips on Diet Foods for Summer
Try these fruits of summer for good health - and weight loss.
- Creative Ways to Get Portion Size Under Control
Don¿t let portion distortion derail your diet this spring.
- Your 'Hunger Hormones'
How they affect your appetite and your weight
- Healthy Eating in an Imperfect World
No time to eat right? WebMD has the solution.
- The Chocoholic's Survival Guide
Crazy for chocolate? Here's how to keep it from sabotaging your diet.
- It's Full of Fat and Helps You Lose Weight
Nuts are chocked full of healthy nutrients. Knowing how to make them part of your diet can help you reap all kinds of health benefits.
- What to Eat Instead of Fast Food
You're starving. The kids are starving. A cheeseburger and fries would be the easy fix. But let's face it: a Happy Meal is not necessarily a healthy meal. You need nutritious food you can grab fast, whether you're on the road or have just walked into the house.
- A Healthy Life: Cancer Prevention and More
How to make the best food and lifestyle choices for cancer prevention.
- Seven Diet Sins
The most common nutrition mistakes -- and how to avoid them.
- I'm Dreaming of a Light Christmas -- with Elaine Magee, MPH, RD
Keep holiday traditions and still eat in a healthy way.
- When You Don't Need a "Diet"
Losing added holiday pounds is as simple as eliminating 100 calories per day.
- Chill out Your Appetite With Soups and Stews
These 6 nutritious tips (plus recipes!) will warm your taste buds this winter.
- Supersized Nation: Bigger Burgers Still Rule
No. 5 of the Top 10 Stories of 2004: The low-carb diet is 'out' and portions are getting bigger. Can the obesity epidemic be fixed?
- Hot Diet and Fitness Trends for 2005
Low-carb is out; satiety is in.
- Celebrity Tricks and Tips for Healthy Eating
Here are some easy tricks and tips for planning meals packed with taste, not calories.
- Top 10 Ways to Deal With Hunger
Top 10 ways you can deal with hunger.
- The New 'Healthy' Foods
4 rules for making smart choices
- Nourishing Your Noggin
Sept. 22, 2004 -- We all know by now that eating a healthful diet rich in whole grains, fruits, and vegetables can help us stay slim and lower our risk for heart disease, but did you know that a growing body of research shows that this type of diet also preserves memory, boosts alertness, and may even stave off the blues and prevent Alzheimer's disease!
- Little Dishes, Big Health Benefits
Whether it's the Middle Eastern meze, the Chinese dim sum, or the Spanish tapas, one of the biggest trends in dining out is feasting on little dishes.
- Top 10 100-Calorie (or Fewer) Treats
Members share their quick and easy favorites
- 'How Does My Butt Look in This?'
You can diet. You can exercise. You can even try to pray away the pounds. But when it comes to smoothing and shaping your curves, nothing does it faster than the newest generation of shapewear.
- Will Low-Carb Diets Ultimately Make Us Fat?
Get the skinny on low-carb diets.
- Evaluating Your Weight
For some -- particularly people who are coping with medical conditions like cancer or arthritis -- the danger is losing weight, not gaining it.
- Weight-Loss Wars: Men vs. Women
Why do men lose weight faster than women? Or is that just a myth? Just for fun, we decided to take a look at sex differences -- real and perceived -- in the weight loss wars.
- Meet the Maker's Diet
A new diet program takes its roots from the Bible and focuses on organic food.
- Cool Summer Treats That Won't Wreck Your Diet
WebMD gives the lowdown on low-carb, low-fat ice creams and frozen desserts.
- Cool Summer Treats That Won't Wreck Your Diet: Taste Test Results
Taste test results for a variety of cool summer treats that won't ruin your diet.
- Summertime Nutrition Tips
All that abundant sunshine in the summer can cause dry skin and hair, eye damage, and other ailments. Find out which vitamins and minerals can counteract sun damage.
- The Down Low on Low-Carb Diets
But while the road to a slimmer new you may be paved with high-protein foods, if you're like most low-carbers it's likely you've also encountered a few potholes along the way.
- The Down Low on Low-Carb Diets
How to avoid the pitfalls and side effects of a low-carb weight loss plan.
- Overcoming Dieting Slumps
Food is your best tool to gain and maintain energy, resolve, and clearness of thinking. You just have to do it right.
- Diet Dilemmas: Portion Distortion
Are you eating more than you think you're eating?
- Fighting 40s Flab
Is a sluggish metabolism the heavy in over-40 weight loss troubles?
- Fighting 40s Flab
Is a sluggish metabolism the heavy in over-40 weight loss troubles?
- Can You Be a Vegetarian and Still Eat Meat?
Experts discuss the world of 'flexitarians' - people who call themselves vegetarians but occasionally eat meat.
- Feed Your Head: Cravings Quenchers
Fruit smoothies, nachos, frozen yogurt, and other snacks make great healthy -- and tasty -- treats.
- Make Over Your Kitchen
Make Over Your Kitchen
- Portion Sizes Eventually Add Up
Cleaning your plate can pack on the pounds.
- Have We Gone Carb Crazy?
Many dieters shun carbs. But are carbs something the average person should be concerned about?
- Quick Weight Loss or Quackery?
Even smart people fall prey to quick weight-loss gimmicks, WebMD explains why.
- Restrict Calories, Revive Your Life
Research on animals shows a restricted-calorie diet may have health benefits and slow the hands of time.
- Losing Weight With Cupid
Kissing and cuddling up can put the fun factor into losing weight.
- What Does Low-Carb Really Mean?
Unlike 'low-calorie' or 'reduced-fat' claims, the FDA has not legally defined what 'low carbohydrate' means which has many people guessing.
- Calories Through the Ages
How to avoid gaining weight in your 40s and up.
- Top 10 Protein Foods
No doubt about it, protein is good for you -- and can even help you shed those unwanted pounds. But (and you knew there was a "but," right?), it's important to eat the right amount and the right kind of protein to get the lifelong weight-loss results you want.
- Why Do We Keep Falling for Fad Diets?
Here's how to break the fad-diet habit and lose weight for good
- The Hidden Ingredient That Can Sabotage Your Diet
Do you know how much sugar you're eating?
- From Naughty to Nice
The countdown has begun. The clock is ticking, and before you know it, New Year's Day will be here and so will all those annual lose-weight resolutions.
- 5 Tips to Avoid Winter Weight Gain
Do you dread the holidays with all those tempting, fattening foods? This year, be prepared for the season with our five-point plan to beat winter weight gain.
- Calorie-Saving Tips Worth The Effort
Whether you're trying to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight, there are some simple ways to cut the fat and calories without giving up the foods you love.