Women often plead with me, “Just tell me how to lose weight!” But what you want goes deeper than a number on the scale. Yes, you want to see results. Yes, you want to feel lighter in your body.

In matters of weight loss, food and exercise are regular parts of the conversation. A new survey from Everyday Health suggests that another topic should be considered in that conversation: mental ...

A recent BMC Public Health study analyzes self-monitoring data from Chinese adults who participated in a group weight loss intervention using a mixed-methods approach. Study: Why more successful? An ...

What if the secret to lasting weight loss isn’t a burst of motivation or a diet magic bullet, but something much more mundane and much more reliable? Maria Kirkeland’s story offers a convincing ...

Dear Eric: Like many people, my weight yo-yos. Over the decades, I have joined many weight-loss programs and got to my target weight on each (with 100 pounds being the most loss at one time). I ...

Throughout my life, I always associated working out with losing weight. Because I’d never had a weight problem or been a heavy person, I wasn’t very active until my 50s, when I gained weight due ...

Calculating your ideal body weight (IBW) can help you gain some insight into your possible risk for weight-related health conditions. However, this tool doesn’t always provide an accurate ...

Losing weight often seems like the right motivation for getting to the gym, but in the long run, your dieting efforts may be destroying your drive. The reason so many give up on their New Year’s ...