Weight loss

Traditionally, individuals had to be below 85 per cent of their ideal body weight to receive a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, a disorder characterised by restrictive eating, over-exercising, and more. read more

Intermittent fasting which includes long food breaks, is found to have shown good health outcomes on cardiac catheterisation patients. read more

Women with a genetic predisposition for breast cancer were 2.5 times more likely to develop a malignancy than women with the same genetic risk who underwent bariatric or weight-loss surgery. read more

Last year a lot of Bollywood celebs tied the knot, including Sonam Kapoor (Ahuja), Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra (Jonas), and their wedding pictures gave all of us a lot of fitness, style and beauty goals. read more

By changing their eating and exercising schedules, one can better control their blood sugar levels, claims a recent study. read more

People can have better control over their blood sugar levels by changing the timing of when they eat and exercise, according to a study which may help plan lifestyle interventions to counter diabetes and reduce body weight. read more

Despite adjusting for the differences in weight loss, it appears that men benefitted more from the intervention than women read more

Regaining weight previously lost is common and can deteriorate the initial benefits of lowered heart disease or stroke risks. read more

The word mukbang is a mashup of the Korean words for “eating” and “broadcast”. Livestreams in South Korea started sprouting up around 2009 and it didn’t take long for fans to catch on. read more

For those who can’t live without their brew, a primer on how to do it right. read more

Your diet is essential to any fitness goal you set. It’s your input of calories. When we don’t measure meals - we end up eating more calories and servings that we don’t account for. read more

What and how much you eat determines the immunological response and susceptibility to disease more than your genes. read more

A recent study found that lipid turnover in the fat tissue -- the rate at which lipid or fat in the fat cells is removed, decreases during ageing and makes it easier to gain weight. read more

People on weight loss plans often experience lapses, which can prevent successful weight loss or even lead to weight regain. read more

Consuming green tea along with dietary iron may reduce green tea’s benefits. If you drink green tea after an iron-rich meal, the main compound in the tea will bind to the iron. read more