Too few doctors are telling their overweight patients the truth about their weight, according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Of the 5,500 people who took part in the study, one third of obese patients and over half of the overweight patients had never been told by a doctor they were [...]

Obesity is increasing in almost every country in the world according to studies published in The Lancet medical journal, and Canadian women have some of the highest Body Mass Indexes among developed countries. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a weight to height ratio that is one of the tools physicians use to diagnose obesity. For [...]

Nearly 6 months after undergoing gastric banding surgery, television presenter Vanessa Feltz has dropped from a size 24 to a size 16. “I feel absolutely bloody marvelous. Six months ago, I only had a few ‘fat lady’ dresses I could wear. Now I can just go into the shops and find normal clothes that fit [...]

Weight problems don’t appear out of thin air; there’s always an underlying cause. Common sources of weight gain are ‘mindless eating’, always taking the quick route via high fat, high sodium fast food, and pscyhological issues. These pitfalls cause good eating habits to lapse. Below is some information on how to avoid them. 1) Mindless [...]

Have you noticed yourself gaining fat, while your Body Mass Index (BMI) rating has somehow managed to stay the same? Or, have you noticed your waistline getting bigger, yet it not affecting your BMI rating? It can be a confusing time, but that’s mainly because there’s not enough widespread knowledge about the index or even [...]

There has been a great deal of discussion in the media about anorexia and bulimia being very significant eating disorders faced by our population. Of that, there can be no doubt. However, a far more common, yet much less discussed eating disorder is binge eating. Whenever it’s mentioned it is often confused with bulimia and [...]

After being banded for amost 4 years now, I came to the conclusion that it’s finally time to say goodbye to the “Big Girl Inside”. What’s the “Big Girl Inside”? Everyone who has ever struggled with weight has one. Either  Big Girl or  Big Boy. Now granted, that “Big Girl Inside” is that voice that [...]

   When is a joke funny and when does one call “foul”?   The April 26th episode of Dancing with the Stars crossed that fine line, when judge Len Goodman made some comments about contestant Niecy Nash’s physique.   After performing the tango with her partner (using a cookie as a prop), Len commented, “the [...]

Sit-ups, push-ups, treadmill, elliptical; you may have even watched all those aerobics DVDs and taken a boot camp class or two. And still, your weight stays the same. So why is it that we still obsess over the idea of exercise? Are we just sweating out our energy, time and money for nothing? A recent [...]

New research from the University of Penn State suggests that depression can lead to obesity in teenage girls, but not boys. Both boys and girls experience a spike in the stress hormone cortisol when depression and anxiety are running high, but for some reason only the girls gained weight in response to higher stress levels. [...]