Pretty 23-year-old Tammy Jung force feeds herself every day with a funnel -- in a bid to become as fat as possible and earn money as a BBW (Big Beauti...

Obese or overweight women are more likely to develop life-threatening health complications during pregnancy, new research has revealed. Their risk ...

We give companies the ability to advertise harmful foods to children in a misleading way. We make healthier food more expensive and harder to come by. We create living environments not conducive to active lives. We then chastise the obese for not exercising their personal choice as if they made that choice in a vacuum.

Is the veneer finally beginning to fade on the low-fat hypothesis? Is the pendulum finally swinging away from fat as the harbinger of all things evil, to a new culprit, sugar?

From nose drips on the K.E Diet to ice cold baths with Six Weeks To OMG, women across the world are in constant battle against weight gain. And wi...

Carrie Fisher, the actress who played Princess Leia in Star Wars has apparently gained back weight after announcing a 50 pound weight loss last year. What went wrong?

But whilst quick fixes may solve one problem they often bring with them another... which may require yet another substance or solution to deal with that problem... and so on, and so on. Which is great news for the people selling the solutions and not so great for us.

Former smokers gain four to five kilos in weight after they kick the habit, research suggests. Researchers, based in the UK and France, found that ...

While most dieters battle with portion size and calories, a recent study by Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab suggests that it’s not the amoun...

Weight may depend as much on when you eat as what, research suggests. The body clock's effect on metabolism could be an overlooked factor driving o...

The common belief that pregnant women can eat for two has been scotched by research suggesting dieting during pregnancy can be beneficial. Experts ...

It's easy to be suspicious of overweight people who claim not to be able to say ‘no’ to food. Yet, according to new research by Dartmouth Universi...

Irregular sleep patterns or lack of shut-eye could be behind those stubborn pounds you've mysteriously piled on – as lack of sleep increases the ris...

Shopping at Lidl may provide fat discounts but is also associated with pounds that are better shed than saved, a study has shown. Customers of cut ...

Jamie Oliver was recently in the news after an Australian journalist asked him about his weight. But this begs the question: how does a celebrity chef lose or manage their weight?

Sticking to a diet is never an easy feat and can be almost impossible when surrounded by a sea of sweet office snacks (unhelpfully) brought in by your...

We've heard that marriage, office snacks and even our house clutter can make us fat, but now experts claim even fresh air can cause us to pile on the ...

Those of you who follow me on Twitter will already know that last year I set myself the horrible and torturous task of trying to lose all the weight I'd put on. A fact that I'd been trying to ignore for quite a while. You see, I've always had a love/hate relationship with food. No scrap that, I'm just greedy and eat when my emotions are running high....

Men are three times more likely than women to struggle in telling their partner they need to lose weight, research has suggested. Almost a third of...

From the number of years it takes to master the perfect turkey roast with all the trimmings to the real reason people hate Brussels sprouts, plus the ...

Do you think that once you are slim, you will never be able to celebrate Christmas again? Do they think that all the slim people out there are miserable over Christmas? Don't wait till after Christmas to manage your weight.

Dieters who indulge in a mid-morning snack will lose less weight than those who graze in the afternoon, new research suggests. The study by Fred H...