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Photo: (Credit: istockphoto) Eating Lots Of Chocolate Helps People Stay Thin, Study Finds -- CBS News (CBS News) What's the best way to...

Popcorn Has More Antioxidants Than Fruit, Study Says -- FOX News Long heralded as a low-calorie snack, new research indicates popcorn may ac...

The Australian government recommends eating 65 -100g of lean, red meat three to four times a week Photo: ALAMY Red Meat Halves Risk Of Depre...

(Credit: istockphoto) Eating White Rice Daily Ups Diabetes Risk, Study Shows -- CBS (CBS News) White rice is a dietary staple for more than ...

(Photo: Yuki Sugiura) Red Meat Is An Englishman's Heritage -- The Telegraph Oh dear. Once again scientists are blaming red meat for caus...

Eating any amount and any type of red meat increases the risk of premature death, a new study says. (William Thomas Cain / Getty Images / Ma...

A cross-section of the human brain Dieting Forces Brain To Eat Itself, Scientists Claim -- The Telegraph Dieters struggle to lose weight bec...

Not a good start (Image: Wade/Getty) From New Scientist: REWARD pathways in the brains of overweight people become less responsive as they g...

Exercise has been shown to be ineffective when it comes to losing weight – dieting is a better route Photograph: Getty From The Guardian: Go...

That’s The Way The Cookie Crumbles -- The Economist One reason dieting does not work. IF, BY chance, you are served an unusually large slice...

The Economist: A magic elixir is shown to promote weight loss. CONSUME more water and you will become much healthier, goes an old wives’ tal...

From Slate: The obesity epidemic has nothing to do with national security. " My name's Dewey Oxberger ; my friends call me 'Ox...

© Richard Hutchings/CORBIS From Time Magazine: More than a quarter of all Americans between the ages of 17 to 24 are too overweight to join ...

Over indulging your sweet tooth could decrease the reward response in your brain. Credit: Wikimedia From Cosmos: PARIS: Whether their addict...

Your fat cells lock away the burger grease (Image: Getty Images) From The New Scientist: OBESITY kills, everyone knows that. But is it possi...

In the future, our recommended dietary intake may be dictated by our genetic makeup (Source: stock.xchng) From ABC News (Australia): Mounti...

Some people are more sensitive to the taste of fat than others. Credit: iStockphoto From Cosmos/AFP: SYDNEY: In addition to the five tastes ...

Experts said the breakthrough could help tackle Britain?s obesity crisis by producing a 'new generation of low-fat foods'. Photo: ...

Click Image to Enlarge From Science Daily: Science Daily (Feb. 9, 2010) — A Mediterranean diet may help people avoid the small areas of brai...

Getty From Time Magazine: To curb the childhood-obesity epidemic, health experts have long urged parents to make healthy changes to their fa...