http://dir.salon.com/topics/dieting/?source=rss&aim=dieting en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT Catherine Price Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/15/not_so_bulging_brides/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/07/15/not_so_bulging_brides/index.html?source=rss Has pre-wedding dieting gotten out of control? By Todd Levin Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/07/15/charles_atlas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/07/15/charles_atlas/index.html?source=rss 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." Tracy Clark-Flory Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/25/eating/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/25/eating/index.html?source=rss Self magazine finds that 75 percent of women have an unhealthy relationship with food. By Julie Klausner Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/02/11/skinny_bitch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/02/11/skinny_bitch/index.html?source=rss 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 Craig Seligman Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/01/08/pollan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/01/08/pollan/index.html?source=rss 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 Ann Bauer Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/08/diabulimia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/11/08/diabulimia/index.html?source=rss Thousands of diabetics control their weight by skipping insulin shots. It's easy, effective -- and potentially lethal. Andrew Leonard Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/09/population_and_diet/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/09/population_and_diet/index.html?source=rss Carnivores, relax. You are not necessarily destroying the earth. Notes from a veggie vs. steak diet showdown. Lynn Harris Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/12/plus_size_kids/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/12/plus_size_kids/index.html?source=rss More retailers to offer larger clothes for larger kids, analysts predict. By Julia Wallace Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/05/16/kolata/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2007/05/16/kolata/index.html?source=rss 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. Carol Lloyd Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/12/fat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/12/fat/index.html?source=rss A new study looks at the nutritional cost of parenting. Catherine Price Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/09/eating/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/09/eating/index.html?source=rss Girls ages 9 to 12 are especially susceptible to weight gain. How can parents and schools encourage healthy habits without going too far? Page Rockwell Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/18/low_fat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/12/18/low_fat/index.html?source=rss A low-fat diet may help reduce women's risk of a breast cancer recurrence. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2006/11/28/mindless_eating/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/food/eat_drink/2006/11/28/mindless_eating/index.html?source=rss 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. Carol Lloyd Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/09/what_else/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/09/what_else/index.html?source=rss Face lifts, depressed babies, gay politicians and more! Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/06/fat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/04/06/fat/index.html?source=rss Study says that cohabitation leads to weight gain for women, but not for men. By Garrison Keillor Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/02/15/keillor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/02/15/keillor/index.html?source=rss My name is Gary, and I eat White Castle cheeseburgers while snoring. Lynn Harris Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/25/xenical/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/01/25/xenical/index.html?source=rss Panel recommends OTC status for "controversial" emergency contraception -- no, sorry, diet pill. By Ayelet Waldman Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/12/12/fat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2005/12/12/fat/index.html?source=rss Thanksgiving yams, Chanukah latkes, Christmas cookies ... for me, they all add up to a holiday-size serving of self-hatred. By Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/31/huckabee_and_weight/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/05/31/huckabee_and_weight/index.html?source=rss 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 Rebecca Traister Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/06/29/obesity_myth/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/06/29/obesity_myth/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/05/11/low_carb/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/05/11/low_carb/index.html?source=rss Salon persuades four foodies to open wide for some unappetizing low-carb foods spawned by the Atkins-South Beach craze. By Kera Bolonik Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/03/17/passing_for_thin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2004/03/17/passing_for_thin/index.html?source=rss 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 Katharine Mieszkowski Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/08/peta_and_atkins/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/12/08/peta_and_atkins/index.html?source=rss 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 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/30/low_carb_hackers/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/10/30/low_carb_hackers/index.html?source=rss 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 Joyce McGreevy Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/col/mcgreevy/2003/09/22/starvation_politics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/col/mcgreevy/2003/09/22/starvation_politics/index.html?source=rss 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.