Like it or not, thin sells' LEANNE DELAP From Globe and Mail, Canada Sept. 26, 2006 As the fashion circus rolled into Milan over the weekend, the...

Low-carb claim hard to swallow Health Canada serves up new rules for product labelling `No reason ... to be concerned with amount of carbs we...

Well one wonders if the late Dr. Robert Atkins is resting in peace or pure bliss. Since his demise the Atkins Diet has been commercialized to the max...

"The time has come, the Walrus said To talk of many things of shoes and ships and ceiling wax And cabbages and kings" (Lewis Carroll from "Alice in...

Montreal study links diabetes with cancer BRIAN DALY CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL - Diabetic men are more likely than healthy men to develop pancreatic...

Monday, November 24, 2003 WASHINGTON (AP) - Older women who often have trouble sleeping may want to consider a little workout in the morning for a...

Just before i took an LOA I meant to post this: An experimental drug intended to duplicate the weight-reducing effect of one member of the fen-phen...

Edited: Complete article in New York Times, Feb. 25 Sanofi to Pursue Approval of Weight-Loss Drug By BLOOMBERG NEWS Sanofi-Aventis, the French...

Scientists at the Mayo Clinic here learn your secrets only if you have been one of the select few to wear a set of underwear with...

from the Los Angeles Times Not just fat, but where it's at Shape may be more important than weight, BMI Apple-shaped folk at greater risk than the...

Nobody looks like this. Not even her. Eye-catching ads adorn bus shelters 'Enhancement' an industry-wide practice BERNADETTE MORRA FASHION...

Well here's one for the FA advocates. A gorgeous, sexy woman who frowns on diets ( but doesn't appear to need...

Obesity pandemic a global worry More than 1 billion adults overweight, at risk for disease Will overwhelm all medical systems in world, scientist...

Oct.*26, 2005. 01:00*AM Obesity's dominant factor is genetics, scientist says New York professor wins award for research Dr. Jeffery Friedman says...

An interesting article about women in their 30's, 40's, and 50's and...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Diet-Saturated-Fat.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin -- the volleyballchick

Schools told to dump junk food New guidelines restrict in-school sale of treats to students from kindergarten throught Grade 8 CANADIAN PRESS The...

Ontario warned of obesity 'epidemic' Basrur voices support for limitations on trans fats FROM CANADIAN PRESS Almost half of Ontario's adults are...

CAMBRIDGE -- The most popular course at Harvard this semester teaches happiness. The final numbers came in this week: Positive Psychology, a class...

Today's lard-melting body belts, creams, subliminal tapes, pills and teas are just the latest in more than a century's worth of wishful thinking, bad...