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What Science Really Says About Grilled Meat and Cancer Risk

By Markham Heid

7 Ways to Tweak Your Routine That’ll Help You Lose Weight

By K. Aleisha Fetters

5 Things I Learned Trying to Avoid the Free Junk Food in My Office for a Week

By Jessie Van Amburg

12 Ways to Have a Happier and Healthier Year

By Alice Oglethorpe

The 10 Essential Rules of Gym Etiquette

Treat others who are working out as you'd like to be treated

By Real Simple January 14, 2015

5 Reasons to Spend More Time Outside—Even When It’s Cold

Mother Nature provides serious benefits to our bodies and minds—even when the temperatures drop

By Real Simple January 8, 2015

15 Tiny Tweaks for an Instant Health Makeover

We’ve compiled a list of super-simple healthy tweaks you can realistically make. Really. Like, starting tomorrow.

By Refinery29 October 8, 2014

5 Tricks to Avoid Being Hungry All the Time

Once, one of my clients half-jokingly requested an exorcism from the demon possessing her body: hunger. Kind of a gruesome analogy but, truth be told, it’s fairly accurate considering how out of control she felt....

By Health.com July 19, 2014

Siblings More Likely Than Parents to Influence Child Obesity

And the association is even stronger for siblings of the same gender

By Abby Abrams July 8, 2014

How Unhealthy Are Churro Ice Cream Sandwiches?

LA's hottest new dessert may be delicious, but how many calories does it include?

By Abby Abrams June 16, 2014

12 Foods That Make You Eat Less

When you're trying to lose weight, cutting back on the amount you eat is a given—but feeling hungry all the time is one of the major reasons why most diets fail within a week. Still,...

By Health.com June 14, 2014

Don't Drink the Maple Water: Which Health Drinks Are Actually Healthy

The popularity—and price point—of beverages touting miracle health benefits is exploding, but science doesn’t always back up the hype

By Markham Heid May 22, 2014

Have Your Own Year of No Sugar

Read the directions, ask in restaurants—and, above all, drink water

By Eve O. Schaub April 21, 2014

6 Things You Need to Do for a Faster Metabolism

If Metabolism 101 were a class, you'd be the teacher's pet: You never skip breakfast—you know a little food in the a.m. kick-starts the day's calorie burn. And you don't crash diet, either, because that...

By Health.com April 11, 2014

The Single Most Proven Way to Get Smarter and Happier

Yes, It’s This Simple Many of the fixes for our problems aren’t complex — something that’s clear in the things I recommend people do every day. What’s a scientifically validated way to get smarter, happier,...

By Eric Barker April 7, 2014

A Sugar Shock for Your Diet

New guidelines could significantly curb our sugar intake. Are they too harsh?

By Alexandra Sifferlin March 13, 2014

The Hidden Dangers of 'Skinny Fat'

Doctors say we are focusing too much on weight, but thin people can sometimes carry the most dangerous kind of fat—and not know it

By Alexandra Sifferlin March 10, 2014

Hung Over? You'll Probably Drink Again Tonight

Feeling bad after a night of drinking doesn't make a difference

By Alexandra Sifferlin March 4, 2014

IHOP's Least Healthiest Pancakes

Check out how the short stack stacks up before you celebrate National Pancake Day

By Alexandra Sifferlin March 4, 2014

These 10 States Have The Highest Obesity Rates

In 2013, according to Gallup

By Olivia B. Waxman March 4, 2014