Articles
FDA Panel Backs Approval of Weight-Loss Drug Lorcaserin
On Thursday, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel voted 18-to-4 to approve the prescription diet drug lorcaserin. It’s the second diet pill to be...
With This Tube, I Thee Shed: What’s Wrong with the Latest Wedding Crash Diet?
How far would you go to lose weight? Would you eat only through a feeding tube inserted in your nose? As unusual (and inconvenient) as that sounds, the...
A Bride’s Best Friend Is Her Nasal Feeding Tube
Typically, we associate feeding tubes with the severely ill, patients in comas and others who have difficulty feeding themselves. But wait! According to a...
For Successful Weight Loss, Forget Fad Diets and Pills
That America has a weight problem can’t be denied, but the social perception that obese people simply can’t lose weight is not true, a new study finds. According...
Sacre Bleu! French President Nicolas Sarkozy Rids His Diet of Cheese?
A story about French president Nicolas Sarkozy’s banning of cheese at Elysee Palace has been stirring up controversy today.
Photo Essays
Harvest Season in the White House Garden
The veggies, berries and herbs culled from the south grounds make their way to the table of the First Family — and serve as an example for the rest of the nation...
Time.com Specials
How You Can Change Your Genes
Dr. Lars Olov Bygren's research helps explain how a father's diet might affect certain traits he passes to his son
Top 10 Notable New Diet Books
Is your New Year's resolution to lose weight? Time to start reading!
