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Reality bites for Biggest Losers The Biggest Loser weight gain shock. These former contestants have had their dreams shattered as life outside the show has meant a return to old habits, and some serious weight gain. Now, experts are saying the 'life changing' reality show is in fact setting up problem-eaters for failure in the name of entertainment.
Health at Every Size Health at Every Size (HAES) is a lifestyle that encourages healthy eating and enjoyable physical activity as a way to feel better and live longer. Unlike other programs, it does not believe weight loss through dieting is the way to become healthy.
Study: Parent-Only Education Helps Children Lose Weight Before you even think about shipping your zaftig not-so-little ones off to fat camp, consider a new study published in the journal Obesity: when nutrition and exercise education was given only to parents, their children shed about the same amount of weight as kids who took part in the weight-loss classes with their parents.
Active Lifestyle May Help Counter Obesity Genes Those with inherited susceptibility to overweight urged to get moving, researchers say.
'Fat camps' to slim obese Chinese children Summer vacation for Chinese children is not a time to laze around any more, for many kids, obese and flabby, are now turning up at 'fat camps' in an effort to change their futures.


