The Health at Every Size movement is centered around body respect: establishing sustainable, health-supporting habits without trying to change your body’s size or shape. Intuitive eating is built ...

Maintaining and managing weight can be tough. Over 42 percent of adults and 18.5 percent of children and adolescents in the United States have obesity. Overweight and obesity may be associated with ...

Set point weight theory claims that a person’s body aims to maintain fat mass and weight at a predetermined range. It may explain why people tend to regain the weight they lost while dieting. This ...

It's not unusual for a person to start a new diet and watch the pounds come off easily before hitting a point where the scale won't drop any lower. People often attribute this occurrence to slip ups ...

Sometimes it seems as if our bodies simply get comfortable, deciding to settle in at one spot on the scale no matter what we do. If you feel that your physical self just wants to stay at one ...

Maintaining and managing weight can be tough. Over 42 percent of adults and 18.5 percent of children and adolescents in the United States have obesity. Overweight and obesity may be associated with ...

The hardest part of losing weight may be keeping it off. Research supports this conclusion. Some scientists believe that the human body has a set point weight that it returns to. If you lose weight, ...