Obesity afflicts many people, with a study published earlier this year in the medical journal The Lancet showing that more than 1 billion people — or roughly one out of eight people alive today — ...

Statistically, that resolution also includes losing weight. In fact, for many losing weight is the reason they decide to start exercising. Losing weight requires consuming fewer calories than you burn ...

In February, Dara Sarshuri stepped on the scale the first time in more than two years and he was stunned: He weighed 390 pounds. At 5 feet 9 inch tall, the first grade teacher had no idea he weighed ...