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Study: Most women "disordered eaters"
Self magazine finds that 75 percent of women have an unhealthy relationship with food.
Tracy Clark-Flory Apr 25, 2008
Hey, skinny bitch!
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 Feb 11, 2008
Michael Pollan's manifesto on eating well
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 Jan 8, 2008
The diet that's too good to be true
Thousands of diabetics control their weight by skipping insulin shots. It's easy, effective -- and potentially lethal.
By Ann Bauer Nov 8, 2007
A diet for a small planet that includes some (but not much) meat
Carnivores, relax. You are not necessarily destroying the earth. Notes from a veggie vs. steak diet showdown.
Andrew Leonard Oct 9, 2007
Plus size, minus a few years
More retailers to offer larger clothes for larger kids, analysts predict.
Lynn Harris Sep 12, 2007
The losers' circle
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
Do kids make you fat?
A new study looks at the nutritional cost of parenting.
Carol Lloyd Jan 12, 2007
A turning point for girls
Girls ages 9 to 12 are especially susceptible to weight gain. How can parents and schools encourage healthy habits without going too far?
Catherine Price Jan 9, 2007
More good news about breast cancer
A low-fat diet may help reduce women's risk of a breast cancer recurrence.
Page Rockwell Dec 18, 2006
The professor of pigging out
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 Nov 28, 2006
What else we're reading
Face lifts, depressed babies, gay politicians and more!
Carol Lloyd Nov 9, 2006
Women beware! Shacking up with a m-a-n can make you fat!
Study says that cohabitation leads to weight gain for women, but not for men.
Katharine Mieszkowski Apr 6, 2006
Confessions of a sleep eater
My name is Gary, and I eat White Castle cheeseburgers while snoring.
By Garrison Keillor Feb 15, 2006
FDA: Better skinny than slutty
Panel recommends OTC status for "controversial" emergency contraception -- no, sorry, diet pill.
Lynn Harris Jan 25, 2006
'Tis the season to obsess about food
Thanksgiving yams, Chanukah latkes, Christmas cookies ... for me, they all add up to a holiday-size serving of self-hatred.
By Ayelet Waldman Dec 12, 2005
Getting religion about health
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
The girth of a nation
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 Jun 29, 2004
Faux-carb taste test
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
Journey to the "planet of thin"
The author of "Passing for Thin: How I Lost Half My Weight and Found Myself" talks about a lifetime of physical and psychic pain brought on by her weight, and even after losing 188 pounds, how far she still has to go.
By Kera Bolonik Mar 17, 2004
Vegans vs. Atkins
Animal-rights activists claim that low-carb, meat-heavy diets are killing people. Are they raising legitimate health concerns -- or are they just rabid anti-carnivores?
By Katharine Mieszkowski Dec 8, 2003
Hackers on Atkins
Geeks who go low-carb see it as more than just taking off pounds -- they're reengineering the human organism, overclocking their own bodies.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Oct 30, 2003
No free lunch
Americans who can't afford to eat are harming the vital raw food and low-carb grocery industries -- and giving high-class dieters a bad name.
By Joyce McGreevy Sep 22, 2003
"Fat Land" by Greg Critser
In America, fat and poor go together. A new book looks at why.
By Laura Miller Jan 9, 2003
Nonfat love in a big-box store
The wife and I take separate carts in the land of bulk peppermint patties.
By Stephen J. Lyons Jan 8, 2002
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