The “small changes” philosophy, touted by health experts and First Lady Michelle Obama alike, took a big hit this week in Tara Parker-Pope’s Well Blog post, In Obesity Epidemic, What’s One Cookie?. Pope writes an essential truth... 

Sometimes, often times in fact, there’s truth behind an old wives’ tale. Take the idea that eating slowly can aid weight loss. We’ve all heard the advice, and now here’s the science. A new study published in the Journal of Clinical... 

I have a confession to make… just in time for Valentine’s Day, I’ve fallen head over heels in love. While the object of my affection isn’t tall and handsome, it can be dark. What’s more, now there’s another piece of... 

sxc.hu: arinas74 Just when you started feeling good in your skinny jeans, a new study reveals people of average weight may actually be ” normal weight obese .” Apparently, as many as 30 million Americans could be categorized in this way,... 

sxc.hu: lusi Are you prone to using that infamous phrase, ” Does my bum look big in this? ” If you’re normally dreading the answer, the reply ” Yes !” may not be such a bad thing after all! According to new research, carrying... 

It seems almost counterintuitive that running wouldn’t eventually lead to some form of joint injury or degeneration. Some key recent studies however, suggest that runners are at no greater risk of knee injury than non-runners. The conventional... 

For the past two years, I’ve been trying to lose these gross bulges that appear simply when putting my old jeans on. My highest weight was a disgusting 170. I was starting to look like a chipmunk. Since then (my sophomore year of high school) I’ve... 

Over the past few years we’ve seen several attempts to “grow” meat in laboratories. Scientists in the Netherlands have just announced a new attempt, creating a version of pork. No-one’s tasted it yet! However, this has opened... 

I could go into the science and psychology of music and motivation, break down playlists based on precise beats per minute to coincide with different phases of workouts. Heck, I’m sure there’s research on how to incorporate voice types to... 

The Center for Science for Public Interest isn’t surprising anyone with a new study that finds — shocker! — movie theater foods are bad for you. Let’s all go to the lobby! Let’s all go to the lobby! Let’s all go to...