Is Your Doctor Weight Biased?

July 20, 2011 Read the full article →

“My experiences at the doctor’s office have not been good.  No matter what symptoms I present, or even if I am there for a well check, my weight is always an issue.  I have had recurring headaches for four years now and I can’t count the number of times that I have been told that [...]

Diet Book Junkies

June 23, 2011 Read the full article →

Do you know a diet book junkie?  That’s a person who seems always to read the latest diet books while making no apparent changes with respect to weight, activity, eating, or other behaviors. They seem to get a kind of high from espousing the wonders of their latest discovery — “Well, in Dr. Skinny’s book, [...]

What Causes Binging?

June 11, 2011 Read the full article →

What do binge eating and World War II have in common? In the 1940s, the University of Minnesota wanted to find out the physical and psychological effects of starvation, in part to guide relief efforts for famine victims in Europe and Asia at the end of the war.  The Minnesota Starvation Experiment, as it is [...]

The Desk Jockey Dilemma

June 6, 2011 Read the full article →

So many people have jobs that require sitting behind a desk for much of the day, they’ve come to be known as “desk jockeys.’’ And plenty of them keep on sitting after the work day is over, sitting at dinner, watching television, and sitting at a computer.  As you might guess, all this sitting is [...]

Starting an Exercise Program that Will Stick

May 30, 2011 Read the full article →

Starting an exercise program — and sticking with it — is all about knowing yourself. Especially with beach season upon us, plenty of people are thinking about picking up yet another shape-up routine. Others don’t need to start exercising, because they’ve never stopped moving, but you probably don’t hear from them so much. Why? They [...]

How to Know If You’re Eating Well

May 23, 2011 Read the full article →

We’re all busy, so simple ways to improve our diets are in high demand. No matter how good our intentions, most of us won’t stick with anything that takes too much time or is burdensome, like rigidly tracking calories, grams, and servings.  Even health experts don’t follow such regimens perfectly, never mind for a lifetime. [...]

Starting a Diet for the Summer

May 12, 2011 Read the full article →

It’s so frustrating to go on a diet and lose weight, only to regain it. Frustrating, but common — studies show 90 percent of dieting attempts fail. What can we do to improve our chances? Despite overwhelming evidence that most diets fail, ever more people are vulnerable to quick weight loss promises that won’t work [...]

Do You Have Body Image Distortion?

May 3, 2011 Read the full article →

None of us can be truly objective about our appearance. We we can only perceive ourselves from within, while other people view us from outside. Even our mirror image is distorted — it’s not how others see us. But some people, often those with eating disorders, distort their body image to an abnormal extent. A [...]

Portion Control and Stress

March 16, 2011 Read the full article →

Stress is everywhere, and chronic stress is known to be harmful not only to our emotional health, but also to our physical health. It can affect the immune system (making us sick more often), the heart (causing high blood pressure and other heart problems), and muscles (causing problems with neck, shoulder, and low-back pain), to [...]

To Weigh or Not to Weigh – That is the Question

March 4, 2011 Read the full article →

Should you weigh yourself every day? Should it be once per week? Or never at all? The advice about weighing can be as confusing and conflicting as the advice about eating eggs or drinking wine. Some experts say that weighing should be kept to a minimum so that we don’t get obsessed; others say more [...]

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