Have you ever wondered what controls your desire to eat? Leptin is a hormone that controls appetite and metabolic rate. Find out how this hormone affects your weight – and your appetite.
The booming business of processed meals, snacks, and beverages has surged over the past 50 years. Convenience foods with chemical ingredients replace traditional home-cooked meals. Snack foods promote excess calorie consumption. Sweet beverages increase your appetite. These products are charged with flavor and entice you to eat more and more.
BMI has been used as a measure of whether or not a person is overweight obese for 160 years. Now, researchers have found a measure they think is more accurate. Find out why measurement called body adiposity index could replace BMI – and how it’s measured.
Most people depend on the bathroom scale to tell them how their exercise program is working. This isn’t always a good indicator. Here are five other ways to measure fitness progress.
It becomes more difficult to lose body fat as you move out of your 20s, and it can be particularly challenging when you hit middle-age, but have you ever wondered why? This article discusses three physiological factors that make fat loss more difficult with age and offers tips on dealing with this problem.
Exercise is important for reducing abdominal fat, especially visceral belly fat, the type that increases the risk of heart disease and other health problems. But what type is best? Find out what new research shows about resistance training versus cardio for controlling abdominal fat.
The best way to keep your skin looking youthful as you age is to stop smoking, wear a sunscreen, eat a whole food diet with lots of fruit and vegetables, reduce stress in your life and don’t yo-yo diet
Find out why women are more likely to gain and hold on to body fat than men and how women can shift the odds in their favor.
How can women achieve a toned body and eliminate ugly body fat by weight lifting? The answer may surprise many people. Find out more
Is obesity a product of genetics or the environment? Find out what role genetics plays in whether or not a person becomes obese and the best way to prevent unwanted weight gain.
To lose a pound of fat you have to reduce your calorie intake by 3,500 calories since that’s how many calories are equal to a pound of fat. Is this true?
Waist and hips getting larger over time? It’s not all in your head. Even if you work out and keep your body fat down, your waistline and hips still expand as you grow older.
