It would be hard to find anyone in the United States, or in any other part of the Western world, who has not at one time gone on a weight-loss diet. Perhaps the most long-lived fad of our society, the diet craze has grown and expanded its influence...

Dieting is the practice of ingesting food in a regulated fashion to achieve a particular objective. In many cases the goal is weight loss, but some athletes aspire to gain weight (usually in the form of muscle) and diets can also be used to maintain a...

Are you confused by the conflicting reports about low-carbohydrate vs. low-fat diets? Dieters aren't the only ones. The researchers who design studies, even when they try to be as fair as possible, often don't know all the variables that should be taken into account....

Older Chinese women who eat a Western-style diet loaded with meats and sweets appear to have a greater risk for breast cancer than women who eat mainly soy and vegetables, a new study has concluded.Previous research has found connections between a meat- and fat-heavy Western...

The government on Wednesday approved over-the-counter sales of the fat-blocking diet pill orlistat, allowing direct sales for the first time of a version of a diet drug that had been available only by prescription.Currently available as Xenical, the capsules will be sold in a lower,...

There are many types of diets, but not all of them are healthy. Diets serve one of two purposes: to eat healthy, such as an athlete training for competition; and to lose weight. Some people go on diets to lose weight when they are not obese at all; this can lead to loss not only of weight, but also of important strength and body tissues.