The data from this year’s American Sociological Association Meeting are troubling, though not surprising. A study of over 10,000 men and women revealed weight gain was common among both men and women in the 2 years after marriage. Read more...

21.8 minutes of lost life for every hour watched. That’s the precise measurement coming from a widely reported Australian study of watching TV. So, is watching “Glee,” “Law and Order” and “Monday Night Football” slowly killing you? Not quite. Read more...

Found in: Exercise & Fitness

One way to control your weight is to see food as information: a series of messages given to the body. You want to give your body the right kinds of directions for the food you eat, directions that will change how you look and feel—and how much you weigh. Read more...

Found in: Diet & Nutrition, Body Clocks

What we do is what we become. The Net is changing our brains and our bodies, and we better understand what shifts will occur. Then we can make the changes we want, and make them work for us. Read more...

Found in: Stress, Body Clocks, Medicine and Technology

Many people live their lives in a double mirror. One reflects their live on the Internet; the other reflects their real life. When they compare the two images, they realize they are not the same. Which image they become more attached to may prove key. Read more...

Found in: Stress, Body Clocks, Medicine and Technology

Part II: Body clocks affect everything you do. Ask shift workers—a group with higher cardiovascular mortality and higher cancer rates. The Internet is rapidly turning much of the population into biological shiftworkers—and they’re willingly going along. Read more...

Found in: Stress, Body Clocks, Medicine and Technology

Part I: As most of our bodies are replaced in a matter of days to weeks, what we do is what we become. How we live changes not just our gene expression but how we, look, think, and move; it also resets how we rebuild and renew ourselves. Read more...

Found in: Stress, Body Clocks, Medicine and Technology

There is emerging research to suggest the brain can become hardwired to crave a hit of extra crispy chicken just as it might any other addictive substance. Fast food companies share at least some of the blame for global corpulence. Read more...

Found in: Exercise & Fitness, Diet & Nutrition

The steady increase in portion sizes since the 1950s is an insidious change that we have grown accustomed to in everyday life. Being aware of this change is a first step toward addressing one of the many causes of obesity. Read more...

Found in: Diet & Nutrition

Older women suffer up to two and a half times more disabilities than men. Read more...

Found in: Longevity, Arthritis, Women's Health