Weight Loss

Fitbit, a company that is known for its wireless sleep and activity tracker has introduced the new health gadget that helps you follow healthy lifestyle.

Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale is a tool that is designed to track your weight, percentage of your body fat and BMI easily. The scale's glass surface has small electrodes that evaluate your body impedance to give you more detailed information about your body fat and lean mass.

Keeping your meal portions within certain range is important for weight loss.

However, those who want to lose or maintain optimal weight often find it too complicated to count calories or do not know exactly what size their portions should be.

In this case we all need some motivation to stick to our weight los plan.

If you are used to control your weight, then you are most probably familiar with Body Mass Index (BMI) , a basic tool to evaluate your weight based on your height. BMI shows whether you are overweight, underweight or have normal weight. BMI above 25 is a warning sign of obesity. Now scientists offer a new type of measurement called BAI (body adiposity index) , which is more accurate than common BMI evaluation.

Are you tired of following fad diets and still cannot lose weight? A new weight loss method promises effective and long-lasting results without sacrificing your health or favorite foods.

If you long struggled to lose weight, but failed to get rid of love handles, you can try a new revolutionary way to become fitter.
CoolSculpting by Zeltiq is a device that practically freezes fat cells on the most problem body areas.

The new study found that just five minutes of riding a bicycle every day can help you shed extra pounds effectively and quickly. Obese and overweight women benefited the most from riding a bicycle.

Obesity has become a world-wide problem with billions of people having extra burden and making them prone to serious diseases.
The new health gadget that acts similar to breathalyzer will help you lose your excessive weight, telling you how much calories you need for this purpose.

If you decided to lose extra weight and become more active, choosing the right shapewear is one of the most delicate tasks. Like many women, Danielle Dobin, a designer and mother, did not like the idea of wearing shapewear that would expose all her imperfections and decided to develop a high performance activewear.

Many people want to lose weight quickly, following the fad diets that promise rapid weight loss b making you eat certain food and exclude the whole groups of other foods. However, it is very hard to follow a diet, without being tempted by something tasty. Besides, dieting often leads to overeating later on, which cancels all the benefits of your diet.

Watching what you eat can actually help you lose weight quite effective, the news study says.

Those who care about their diet are more successful, having the visual evidence of their meals that helps to control the eating habits. In the study, Lydia Zepeda and David Deal, the researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison asked 43 people to keep track of their eating habits by writing food diaries and photographing their meals over one week.

Increased eating is not necessarily linked to weight gain and obesity, scientists say. Therefore, weight loss strategy should be aimed at developing other types of drugs to regulate weight.

The new study conducted at UCSF , a university dedicated to promoting health worldwide, showed that serotonin, that is known to regulate appetite and weight gain works in two different ways in the body: one that signals about the feeding and the other that controls fat metabolism.

Numerous studies show that eating breakfast is good for your health and for weight loss. Breakfast helps you to feel more energetic, mentally sharp and keeps you fit.

Why is breakfast important?

Hula hooping is just as effective as other moderate exercises, such as step aerobics or brisk walking in burning calories, a new study says.

If you think about rapid weight loss after holydays, try to avoid the most common mistake by keeping to fad diets.

The British Dietetic Association (BDA) published the list of the "Worst Fad Diets to Avoid in 2010".

An innovative device for weight loss is more effective at treating childhood obesity than common treatments, a new study shows.

Mandometer, a computerized scale developed by scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, helps you eat less and more slowly during meal.

Many new moms want to shed extra pounds and fit in their pre-pregnancy clothes soon after childbirth. However, most women find it hard to take time for themselves, while caring for a baby. Here are some helpful tips to lose weight and stay fit after pregnancy:

Breakfast is an important meal, helping you to stay fit especially if you are a teenager, scientists say.

People, who snore heavily, burn more calories not only at night, but also throughout the day, a new study shows.
em>Eric J. Kezirian, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, and the author of the study, together with his colleagues evaluated the resting energy expenditure in people with sleep problems.

If you want to lose weight easily, opt for high altitude location, a new study says.

German researchers studies how altitude affected weight loss without changing a person's activity level or diet.

A novel weight loss supplement shows promise in helping you shed extra weight more quickly. Scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health and Exercise Science Department studied the weight loss supplement that is claimed to burn as many calories as 20-minute walk.