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6 medications that cause weight gain— and how you can fight back

When your doctor puts you on a prescription medication, reading the list of potential side effects can be daunting.

5 sandwich bread alternatives

Sandwiches and wraps are the perfect on-the-go lunch option.

Weight loss supplement may induce mania in certain people

The weight loss supplement garcinia cambogia may have the unwanted side effect of inducing mania, which is a feeling of an abnormally high level of energy, agitation and euphoria, according to a recent report of three separate cases

Man drops 300 pounds by walking mile to buy food

It’s the Walmart diet!

Exercise won’t fix the obesity epidemic, researchers argue

The food industry has helped push the belief that people's sedentary lifestyles are solely to blame for widespread obesity, three researchers argue in a new editorial.

Can you trick your body into burning more fat?

The sports world has been abuzz in recent years with the idea that athletes could improve their performance by following an ultra high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet.

Olympic-goers get an eyeful of Rio's beauty-consumed culture

RIO DE JANEIRO — Each morning, 75-year-old Jose Rebamar works his biceps, triceps and quadriceps with stone weights at an outside gym that looks out on Rio de Janeiro's iconic Sugarloaf Mountain.

4 things you need to know about using laxatives for weight loss

A new study found that 10.5 percent of women aged 23 to 25 have used laxatives to try to lose weight. Here's why that's such a bad idea.

NFL player: 'My pregnant wife made me fat'

When Buffalo Bills running back Karlos Williams reported for training camp in June, he was woefully out of shape — and overweight.

This Olympic marathoner refuses to count calories

Marathon runner Shalane Flanagan competes in a sport that’s all about numbers: the amount of miles logged each day and week, splits along the marathon course, world records and personal best times.