Counting calories and creating a calorie deficit are some of the more successful tactics people use when trying to lose weight. But if you are considering drastically reducing your caloric intake to ...

We’re a nation of dieters. Four in 10 of us claim that we’re trying to lose weight by trying every new diet fad, often without paying much attention to whether they really make scientific sense. In ...

WHETHER it is the siren call of a weekend fry-up or the ease of a midweek meal deal, all those treats end up with us piling ...

The most basic principle of weight loss is that you need to maintain a calorie deficit to shed pounds—meaning you must burn more calories than you consume. Of course, there are two ways to do this—by ...

How sloppy is that triple Whopper with cheese? It has 1,250 calories, or 62.5% of the recommended 2,000-calories-per-day diet. The Fried Macaroni and Cheese from the Cheesecake Factory? Try 1,570 ...

Calories aren’t always obvious. A plate that looks huge might be surprisingly light, while a smaller serving can carry more energy than you’d expect. Put side by side, 1,000 calories of different ...

Even as India is seeing a rapid rise in childhood obesity, diabetes, and heart-disease risk, a new study showed how school-based behavioural interventions can help reduce consumption of ...

The average large chain restaurant meal contained a whopping 1,128 calories. May 14, 2013— -- Fast food may have a reputation for being a diet disaster but as two studies published in today's ...

Whitney Port has been restricting her diet for years before finally admitting this week that she may be “too thin.” At the height of her fame as the star of MTV’s “The City,” the reality star revealed ...