Losing weight is hard to do in a vacuum — you need support and motivation to stay on track. These apps do everything from count calories to keep food diaries, and help you stay focused on your goal.
Diet
Elmo at the White House? Monster Plugs School Lunch Bill
There’s nothing like a furry red creature with a big nose to add a dash of excitement to the churn of bureaucracy.
Want to Eat Less? Imagine Eating More
Imagine you could eat less, simply by thinking about eating! A new study published in Science finds just that: people who imagined themselves repeatedly indulging in sweet or salty treats ended up eating less of the actual foods …
More Muppets? The New ‘Superfoods’ Want Kids to Eat Healthy
Everyone knows that the average kid’s favorite food is generally not green and reminiscent of a tiny tree. But that could change, if the Muppets have anything to do with it — and they might.
Weight Watchers’ New Points: Zero for Most Fruits and Veggies
For more than a decade, the Weight Watchers Points system has been simple: basically, the more calories a food has, the more points it is assigned.
Sometimes a 90% Fat Diet Is Good For You
This weekend, the New York Times Magazine has an article written by Fred Vogelstein, a contributing editor to Wired and father to a young boy with epilepsy.
How Can the USDA Simultaneously Be Pro-Cheese and Anti-Fat?
Thanks to the U.S. government’s long-standing campaign against saturated fat, many Americans have embraced low-fat and nonfat milk and yogurt. But with 60 million gallons of raw milk produced every day, what happens to all that …
Judge to McDonald’s: Pay $17,500 For Making Your Employee Fat
Talk about an occupational hazard. A former manager of a McDonald’s franchise in Porto Allegre, Brazil, was awarded $17,500 as recompense for gaining 65 lbs. over 12 years on the job, the AP reports.
It’s Fat-Talk Free Week (and You Could Win $1,000)
Did you know that 54% of women would prefer to be hit by a truck than be fat? Yep, you read that right. That women obsess about their weight is hardly news; if you think that should change, you might want to celebrate Fat-Talk …
Study: Want to Drop a Few Pounds? Lie in Bed
Next time your alarm clock sounds, you can hit the snooze button in good conscience: sleeping in may help you lose fat.
Doctors’ Weight Loss Advice to Patients Is All in the Delivery
At last it can be confirmed: The fact that you haven’t been able to lose weight is actually … your doctor’s fault. Sort of.
Study: Overweight People Get Less Pleasure From Food
When addicts talk about their first euphoric experience with their narcotic of choice, very often they describe it as the feeling they spent the duration of their drug-using years attempting to revisit. It turns out, the same …
Why Americans Are Fat: We Literally See More Food as Less
One of the most peculiar findings in obesity research is that exercise — even if vigorous and regular — doesn’t reliably lead to weight loss. The reason, as I wrote last year, has to do less with physiology than psychology: …
