Success Strategies from Winning Losers

Behavior

Success Strategies from Winning Losers

If you want to know how to lose weight and keep it off, why not ask 5000 people who have maintained at least 30lbs of weight loss for over 12 months?  Since 1994, Rena Wing, Ph.D. and James O. Hill, Ph.D. have maintained the National Weight Control Registry (NWCR), an ongoing project that tracks people who have achieved long term weight loss. 

Published: April 7, 2008
Reviewed by: Jeffrey Lowrey, MD

Behavior

Learning from Setbacks

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.

Published: March 20, 2008
Reviewed by: Wilfred Aguila, MD

Behavior

Helping Your Overweight Teen

If you are overweight, there's a better than 50% chance that your children are also chubby. It is also likely you want to help your children lose weight to avoid the same frustrations and pain you may have experienced because of your excess pounds.  But what is the best way to go about it?

Published: March 17, 2008
Reviewed by: Wendy Scinta, MD

Behavior

Ending Yo-Yo Dieting

If you are a yo-yo dieter, you have experienced first hand the frustration of repeatedly peeling off pounds only to see them return once you stop dieting. 

Published: March 17, 2008
Reviewed by: Wendy Scinta, MD

Behavior

Are Weight Loss Resolutions Helpful or Harmful?

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 of high interest but little success has caused many behaviorists who specialize in identifying factors that promote successful weight management to question if weight loss resolutions may contribute to the problem.

Published: March 14, 2008
Reviewed by: Jose Erbella, MD

Nutrition

Resistant Starch: The Latest Diet Fad or a Healthful Trend?

Resistant starch, the latest weight loss food trend, adds a new twist to the old "low carb" versus "high carb" diet debate.  Health experts say this is one carb trend they can approve of, especially if people get most of their resistant starch from natural food sources, not just as an additive in specially processed diet foods.

Published: March 10, 2008
Reviewed by: Craig Primack, MD

Exercise

Learn to Love Your Pedometer

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 as clipping on a pedometer.

Published: March 8, 2008
Reviewed by: Tarun Gupta, MD