Obesity is known to increase the risk of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and even sleep apnea. However, the impact that carrying extra weight has on people’s skeletal systems, including their joints, muscles, and connective tissue, is often overlooked. Physicians frequently hear overweight patients complain of foot, knee, and back pain. While analgesics can [...]

An abundance of inexpensive, ready-to-eat food items that have been specially formulated with high fat and abundant sugar and salt have made it easy for people to use food as a tool to manage their moods. Food is so easy to come by that many people are not even aware of the fact they turn [...]

Ever thought how nice it might be to have a personal trainer? A motivational expert who reminds you to be active and keeps reminding you until you meet your exercise quota for the day. It seems that for many of us, increasing activity, improving health, and even shedding a few pounds may be as simple [...]

American culture puts so much emphasis on winning that it is often hard for people to recognize that they can learn just as much from setbacks as they can from success. People who decide to have bariatric surgery after struggling to control their weight with diet programs or weight loss medications are familiar with setbacks. [...]

“A goal without a plan is just a dream.” For many people, making a weight loss resolution is part of the ritual of starting any diet. Each day, thousands of Americans resolve to tackle their weight problems and solve them once and for all. Despite good intentions, our nation continues to grow heavier. The paradox [...]

It’s just a few weeks since the start of the New Year, and already many people who jumped into their 2009 weight loss plan on January first have hit a plateau or even a wall. What’s the difference and how do you get your weight loss efforts back on track? Did Your Diet Hit a [...]

Your doctor can advise you, your family can beg you, and your friends can urge you, but you are the only one who can change your weight by changing your behavior. It is human nature to wish for an easy fix, a magic treatment, or for others to lose the weight for us, but spending [...]

Dieters often say that intellectually they know what they need to do to lose weight and keep it off, but on some emotional level, they just can’t seem to make it happen. One common explanation is,” I know it in my mind, but can’t seem to make it happen in my heart.” What these people [...]