Conventional wisdom has it that the fattest of folks are getting that way at fast-food joints and casual dining establishments, with an extra-large side of fries to accompany every triple bacon cheeseburger. But as a report published in the most recent edition of the Annals of Internal Medicine foun...

Filed under: Gear No doubt, many of you check in on SkyMall Monday while you are at the office. You're taking a break from your hectic workday to learn about the latest innovations coming from our favorite catalog. But consider how much time you're spending at your desk. You're tucked into your cubi...

Somewhere out there, there’s a hungry model scarfing down a donut! Initially, I was going to avoid talking about the whole Jessica Simpson “fat” situation. Personally, I think the media is making a big deal out of nothing. Let’s be honest, the outfit was horrendous and accent...

This evening I got on the internet and on my homepage was an article about how appalled Ashlee Simpson was about the coverage of her sister’s weight gain. Simpson wrote in her blog, “I am completely disgusted by the headlines concerning my sister’s weight. A week after the inauguration and...

“my superviser sent me this email because apparently someone in our office complained about my shirt,” writes our anonymous submitter in spokane, washington. “the shirt in question was a run-of-the-mill top with an empire waist…but as i’m currently 7 months pregnant, i ...

Note from Connie: Watch out how much time you or your teenagers are on the Internet! That's because an intriguing new study in the July issue of The Journal of Pediatrics found that spending too much time on the internet can cause teenage girls to gain weight. Not only that, but lack of sleep and dr...

What’s the first thing we do when our routine is disrupted by a big project at work, travel, or a million other things? Most of us let our good eating habits go to hell, that’s what. As Tara Parker-Pope explores in her New York Times Well column, kids are no different. Contrary to expect...

Well there is lots of stuff to catch up on so maybe I should say something like, “Coming this Week” First I have to “dance with the one that brung me” and get back to some good old fashioned weight loss blogging. I have gotten a bit off track and forgotten my Excel spread she...

Fast Doesn't make you fat from the good people at the economics blog, Odd Numbers, who profile a working paper that basically proves what you've known in your gut (literally) all along, that 100 calories of McDonalds doesn't have a magic property to make you fatter than 100 calories of an organic pe...

Well, well, well. Good morning to you, my lovely readers. How gorgeous you are looking today - you make me want to eat a dozen donuts in celebration. (Actually, I was thinking about doing that anyway, but you’re giving me a good excuse.) Mary Kate Olsen, one of the twins you always wanted to g...