Weight Loss Articles

Exercise and diet weren't the only pieces of the weight loss puzzle after all. Sleep deprivation, research now confirms, increases your risk of obesity. Learn why and what you can do about it.

The African herb hoodia has been promoted and used successfully for weight loss for many years. Only recently, however, have scientists begun to understand how it works.

Anorexia and bulimia are diseases that involve alterations in brain chemistry. The choices women make for the direction of their lives, however, can help them overcome brain chemistry.

It is generally accepted as a given that people who smoke marijuana usually get carbohydrate cravings as soon as they begin to feel high. Scientists however, have found that they are less likely than people who do not smoke marijuana to become obese.

Can hanging out with fat people make you fat? Could you catch obesity by friending the wrong people on your Facebook page? James Fowler and Nicholas Christakis think so - obesity can spread like a virus person-to-person through social networks.

Phentermine, a powerful appetite suppressant, can indeed make you lose weight. The question is — what else will it do to you?

A Japanese study that sought to compare the amount of weight lost through an internet program as compared to the traditional programs found that web based weight losing programs had a more positive though small impact than the traditional programs.

A recent study has found that apart from diet, specific lifestyle choices also play a significant role in piling up those pounds. The study has found foods, activity and sleep habits as equal partners in crime.

Summer barbecues sabotage many diets, but there is a way actually to use the opportunity to eat the foods you love to lose more weight rather than less. I am not suggesting to forgo a grilled cheeseburger so you can eat a nice bowl of alfa alfa sprouts.

The idea that eating more could somehow help dieters weigh less seems to contradict the laws of thermodynamics and simple common sense. After all, should not dieters have to eat less to weigh less?