Well, it is. And it's OK to say it, because after decades of agonizing over my weight, I've finally realized that the F-word isn't dirty.
By Kate Harding Jan 24, 2009
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Researchers warn parents about the dangers of teen vegetarianism.
By Amy Benfer
April 9, 2009
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Salon cartoonist Carol Lay discusses the world's first diet-book graphic memoir and why the best approach to weight loss is the least sensational.
By Judy Berman
January 22, 2009
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Mark Bittman's revolutionary "Food Matters" is both a cookbook and a manifesto that shows us how to eat better -- and save the planet.
By Laura Miller
January 5, 2009
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Forget Wii Fit and Perfect Pushup suction cups. To get in shape, I went back to the original fitness guru -- "the world's most perfectly developed man."
By Todd Levin
July 15, 2008
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Has pre-wedding dieting gotten out of control?
By Catherine Price
July 15, 2008
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Self magazine finds that 75 percent of women have an unhealthy relationship with food.
By Tracy Clark-Flory
April 25, 2008
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It's a vegan manifesto masquerading as a diet fad. But the only thing this weight-loss book will help you lose is self-esteem.
By Julie Klausner
February 11, 2008
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The polemical sequel to "The Omnivore's Dilemma," Pollan's new book shows how processed foods are making us fat and sick -- and why eaters must revolt.
By Craig Seligman
January 8, 2008
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Thousands of diabetics control their weight by skipping insulin shots. It's easy, effective -- and potentially lethal.
By Ann Bauer
November 8, 2007
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Carnivores, relax. You are not necessarily destroying the earth. Notes from a veggie vs. steak diet showdown.
By Andrew Leonard
October 9, 2007
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More retailers to offer larger clothes for larger kids, analysts predict.
By Lynn Harris
September 12, 2007
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From munching parties to Slim-Fast to Atkins, we've spent centuries trying to lose weight -- despite all the evidence that diets don't work.
By Julia Wallace
May 16, 2007
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A new study looks at the nutritional cost of parenting.
By Carol Lloyd
January 12, 2007
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Girls ages 9 to 12 are especially susceptible to weight gain. How can parents and schools encourage healthy habits without going too far?
By Catherine Price
January 9, 2007
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A low-fat diet may help reduce women's risk of a breast cancer recurrence.
By Page Rockwell
December 18, 2006
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Brian Wansink, of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab, dishes about food self-delusion, holiday dieting, and how it might be the size of your plate -- not pie -- that's responsible for your paunch.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
November 28, 2006
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Face lifts, depressed babies, gay politicians and more!
By Carol Lloyd
November 9, 2006
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Study says that cohabitation leads to weight gain for women, but not for men.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
April 6, 2006
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My name is Gary, and I eat White Castle cheeseburgers while snoring.
By Garrison Keillor
February 15, 2006
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Panel recommends OTC status for "controversial" emergency contraception -- no, sorry, diet pill.
By Lynn Harris
January 25, 2006
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Thanksgiving yams, Chanukah latkes, Christmas cookies ... for me, they all add up to a holiday-size serving of self-hatred.
By Ayelet Waldman
December 12, 2005
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Mike Huckabee, Arkansas' newly skinny governor, weighs in on the humilation of being fat, why government shouldn't police our grease, and whether he's planning to diet his way to the White House.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
May 31, 2005
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Americans are way too fat -- right? Well, maybe not. A controversial new book claims that our diet-crazed culture is buying into a big lie.
By Rebecca Traister
June 29, 2004
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Salon persuades four foodies to open wide for some unappetizing low-carb foods spawned by the Atkins-South Beach craze.
By Rebecca Traister
May 11, 2004
Does my butt look fat?
The veggie burger diet scam
This comic book can make you thin!
How to live what Michael Pollan preaches 
Charles Atlas will make a man of you!
Hey, skinny bitch!
Michael Pollan's manifesto on eating well 
The diet that's too good to be true
A diet for a small planet that includes some (but not much) meat
The losers' circle
The professor of pigging out
Confessions of a sleep eater
'Tis the season to obsess about food
Getting religion about health
The girth of a nation
Faux-carb taste test
GigaOM Network
Joan Walsh