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You've undoubtedly read that your relationships can affect your weight--especially your ability to lose it. Your mother, who always seems to be pushing food at family occasions; your teens, who insist on stocking the cupboards with Flaming Hot Cheetos; your husband, who won't eat anything but steak for dinner. Sound familiar? Indeed, the people in your life can have an enormous impact on Read more...

WASHINGTON -- If you're looking for a little help shedding extra pounds after the holidays, the government is warning you to stay away from nearly 30 weight-loss products that contain unlisted and possibly dangerous ingredients. The pills are advertised as "natural" fat busters and have intriguing names like Imelda Perfect Slim and Zhen de Shou. Some are touted as new versions of Read more...

Liposuction may provide a quick fix to reduce waist size but the loss of weight may not help the heart, U.S. researchers advise. Dr. Amit Khera, who directs the University of Texas Southwestern program in preventive cardiology, says belly fat, or waist circumference, is more closely associated than other distributions of fat with heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. However, Read more...

QUESTION: Maybe I just don't want to grow old gracefully, but here is my question: I am a 52-year-old woman in pretty good shape, and I have avery good diet. I exercise regularly but not as much as I did before 50. I have noticed weight gain around the middle that is very bothersome to me. Is this just part of getting old? I can't improve mydiet much more and am frustrated at this midsection Read more...

We are in the midst of the holiday season! This also means we are in the midst of holiday cookies, cakes, stuffing, sauces, and hams. Trying to eat healthfully can be difficult during this time of year, making some of us feel guilty when we veer from our healthful ways. But should we feel guilty? And should we substitute reduced-fat goodies for traditional holiday fare? "I guess in Read more...

QUESTION: I am trying to reduce my belly fat and just bought a bicycle. Will that help me, and how far should I be cycling each time? ANSWER: Any physical activity helps you reduce belly fat, so congrats on taking the steps to do it. Work up to 30 minutes of solid biking (that means if you stop at a crosswalk, subtract that time), then add about 10 percent more time each week. (You want Read more...

Talk about taking a hit in the breadbasket. A new study finds that a low-carb diet results in greater weight loss and better cholesterol than a low-fat regimen that promotes a lot of grains and fruits. A Mediterranean diet yielded results between the two, researchers in Israel report in the July 17 New England Journal of Medicine. By conducting a trial within a single workplace, the Read more...

CHICAGO - You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy. A new study suggests that a surprising number of overweight people - about half - have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, while an equally startling number of trim people suffer from some of the ills associated with obesity. The first Read more...

Eat Right for Your Type by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverviewThe blood type diet, as its name suggests, is a diet based on your blood type. According to this diet, if your blood type is A, you should eat a mainly vegetarian diet, if it’s type O, you should eat mostly meat and avoid grains, and if it’s type B, you are in luck—you can eat a variety of food, including dairy, which is excluded Read more...

by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverviewThe Best Life Diet offers a sensible approach to healthful eating and dieting. The author, Bob Greene, an exercise physiologist with years of experience helping people lose weight, views his diet as a lifetime plan, not a temporary diet. He is focused on helping you get to the root cause of your weight struggles and then working to resolve these issues. On this Read more...

by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverviewThe personality type diet helps you find the right eating plan based on your personality traits. Robert Kushner, MD, a physician with over 25 years of experience helping overweight patients and a master’s degree in nutrition, developed this plan because he saw that diets need to focus on more than just what to eat. According to Kushner, most popular diets Read more...

by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverviewThe Fat Flush Plan is a combination weight loss and detox diet. Developed by Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD, a former nutritionist at the Pritikin Longevity Center, this plan promises to melt away fat in just two weeks while also detoxifying your body.How Is This Diet Supposed to Work?The premise of this diet is that we need to detoxify our bodies, particularly our Read more...

by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverview In his book, The Ultimate Weight Loss Solution , Phil McGraw, PhD, focuses on the importance of getting to the heart of your weight struggles and confronting your “personal truth.” The talk-show host and psychologist outlines what he believes are the seven keys to permanent weight loss. In addition, he helps you set realistic expectations and goals and Read more...

by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverviewThe Volumetrics diet shows you how you can eat a lower-calorie diet that helps promote weight loss, but still eat satisfying portions of food. The concept of Volumetrics is that by eating foods that are low in calories but high in density, you can eat larger amounts of food. This diet was developed by Barbara Rolls, PhD, a professor at Penn State.How Is This Read more...

by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverviewThe Jenny Craig program was designed with help from a medical advisory panel and a team of registered dietitians. The goals of this program are to help clients develop a healthy relationship with food, live active lifestyles, and find balance in their life. On this diet you start by eating mostly Jenny Craig cuisine, supplemented with some healthful foods of Read more...

by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverviewThe premise of this diet is that our bodies are designed to keep weight on in order to survive times of starvation. Moreover, the modern diet is very different from the diet that was consumed for thousands of years, but our bodies have not evolved to handle this new diet. The UltraMetabolism diet is an individualized “prescription” for how to reprogram your Read more...

by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverviewThe Medifast diet consists of eating mainly prepackaged Medifast meal replacements until you reach your desired weight loss. For $290 you get a month’s worth of meal replacements, to be consumed five times per day. Medifast claims that dieters can lose up to 20 pounds per month on their plan.How Is This Diet Supposed to Work?The premise of this diet is that Read more...

by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverviewOn the Beverly Hills Diet plan you can eat almost anything—as long as the food is eaten in the right sequence and with the right combination of other foods. This diet claims that if you follow it exactly, you will lose 10-15 pounds in 35 days.How Is This Diet Supposed to Work?The premise of this diet is that it’s not food that causes weight gain, but rather Read more...

by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverviewThe NutriSystem diet entails eating mainly prepackaged NutriSystem meals until you reach your desired weight. For about $300 you get 28 days worth of entrees, snacks, and desserts delivered to your home. The average subscriber to this plan loses two pounds per week and stays on the program for 10 weeks.How Is This Diet Supposed to Work?The premise of this diet Read more...

(Hollywood Diet) by Maria Adams, MS, MPH, RDOverviewThe grapefruit diet entails eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice at every meal. According to the American Dietetic Association, the grapefruit diet first became popular in 1950 and is also known as the Hollywood diet.How Is This Diet Supposed to Work?The premise of this diet is that grapefruit contains fat-burning properties. However, Read more...