Weight Control Health Center

7-year study found staying in good shape more important than weight

Study suggests the brain chemical serotonin influences fat metabolism

But experts note that many American kids are still too heavy

Heaviest lose ability to inhale as deeply or exhale as fully as normal weight individuals

Discomfort appears to decline along with weight, study finds

Watch a video on a new method of liposuction that can help reduce cholesterol.

Learn how different forms of soy can lead to tastier dishes and healthier diets.

Read about the many healthy benefits of soy.

A new medical procedure is helping athletes take the next step to get the body they have always wanted.

It isn't just how much of them you eat that counts, it's which ones. Nutritionally, carbs range from super-healthy to almost useless.

Scientists have done wonders at figuring out ways to control cholesterol. Do you need to start applying them less casually? Or are your numbers low enough to make a cardiologist's day?

Even though protein is the raw material for every cell in your body, you don't actually need that much. Which doesn't guarantee that you're getting enough.

Rather than relying simply on the bathroom scale, experts are increasingly urging people to know their BMI, a figure that takes into account not just weight but height to indicate body fat.