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Prison Food Is Making O.J. Simpson Fat, He Claims

O.J. Simpson is hopeful that he’ll be out of prison soon, telling the New York Post through “inside sources” that he’s thinking of embarking on a college speaking tour once he’s out. He also explains why he’s gained so much weight since last seen in public. Simpson, who was acqui...

21 May 2013
15:31 GMT

Researchers Find Candy Does Not Affect Health

According to a new research, candy lovers need not worry about their having a higher risk of becoming obese or being affected by a heart disease at some point in their lives. This is because such treats appear to have little (if any) effect on an individual's weight and their overall wellbeing. This conclusi...

20 May 2013
16:21 GMT

Chaz Bono Is Now 65 lbs (29.4 kg) Skinnier: I Like What I See in the Mirror

In April this year, Chaz Bono emerged in the spotlight again, showing off a brand new, considerably svelter figure than before. He had lost 60 lbs (27.2 kg) but, as he tells People magazine now, he’s still shedding the pounds. Bono’s weight loss now clocks at an impressive 65 lbs (29.4 kg) and was achie...

18 May 2013
00:26 GMT

Husband Wants Jennifer Hudson to Ditch Weight Watchers

Jennifer Hudson has managed to completely transform her body since she signed with Weight Watchers in 2010. Now 80 pounds (36.2 kg) slimmer, she’s still on the program, which seems to be causing some friction with her husband, says a new report. The National Enquirer writes in its latest print issue (story v...

17 May 2013
16:01 GMT

23YO Woman Force Feeds Herself 5,000 Calories a Day to Be as Fat as Possible

Some women would risk their health to be as thin as possible but Tammy Jung is doing the exact opposite. The 23-year-old woman is force feeding herself in a bid to ingest 5,000 calories a day and get as fat as possible. The recommended calorie intake for an average woman is of about 2,000, for the sake of compariso...

10 May 2013
10:31 GMT

Comedian Lisa Lampanelli Lost 106 Pounds (48 kg) Thanks to Surgery

Lisa Lampanelli has struggled with her weight all her life but she’s finally got everything under control. A little over a year after she got gastric-sleeve surgery, the star is at her skinniest – but she says she’s still “a work in progress.” Showing off her amazing new figure in the l...

10 May 2013
05:15 GMT

Holly Madison Reveals Secrets for 30 lb (13.6 kg) Weight Loss: Corsets and Small Meals

Holly Madison is now a first-time mommy but, in between nursing her daughter Rainbow and adjusting to her new life as a mother, she’s also found the time to work hard to get her pre-pregnancy body back. Of course, some of you will say, she can afford to spend this much time at the gym and watching her diet bec...

9 May 2013
17:01 GMT

Britney Spears Shows Off Toned Tummy for Shape Magazine

Britney Spears is the cover girl for the June 2013 issue of Shape magazine and, as the photo attached to this article will confirm, she’s living up to expectations. In the accompanying interview, she also talks about her exercise routine and diet. Wearing a fancy white swimsuit that shows off her toned tummy,...

8 May 2013
15:11 GMT

Khloe Kardashian Talks Pressure to Be Thin, Body Acceptance with Cosmopolitan

Khloe Kardashian has often been criticized and picked on for her weight but, as she puts it in her interview with the June 2013 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine, people wouldn’t say these things if they didn’t always compare her to sisters Kim and Kourtney, who are smaller. Khloe has recently lost a few...

2 May 2013
15:41 GMT

The 5:2 Fast Diet or Why Fasting Is Beneficial

Dr. Michael Mosley created the 5:2 Fast Diet, which sees the dieter restrict their calorie intake to about 500 calories a day, for two days a week. A new book by Mimi Spencer and Dr. Sarah Schenker offers plenty of low-calorie recipes that are bound to help you stay on track and lose the extra weight. “The Fas...

1 May 2013
15:01 GMT

Chaz Bono Loses 60 lbs. (27.2 kg) with Healthier Lifestyle

There was a time when the tabloids would run stories about Chaz Bono saying doctors had warned him he had less than 4 years to live if he didn’t lose weight ASAP. Today, 60 lbs. (27.2 kg) thinner, Chaz is laughing off the reports, while planning to transform himself even more. People magazine caught up with t...

22 April 2013
23:58 GMT

Diet and Exercise Habits Need Be Changed at the Same Time, Stanford Researchers Say

A team of researchers currently working with the Stanford University School of Medicine now say that those who wish to embrace a healthier lifestyle need change both their diets and their exercise habits at the same time. As the specialists explain, most people work on the assumption that tackling both these goals ...

22 April 2013
15:21 GMT

Gwyneth Paltrow Hates the Way the British Say “Pasta”

Gwyneth Paltrow is now promoting her second cookbook, “It’s All Good: Delicious, Easy Recipes That Will Make You Look Good and Feel Great” and, in a new interview with The Telegraph, she talks about her late father, her philosophy in life, and how she doesn’t want her 2 kids saying “past...

22 April 2013
05:48 GMT

Kelly Obsourne in Self Magazine: I Know I’m Not Perfect but I’m Happy

These past few years, Kelly Osbourne has learned to live a healthier, more balanced life, which also translated into a slimmer figure. In the latest issue of Self Magazine, she insists her goal isn’t to be skinny but healthy and happy. First off, she shoots down reports that she only lost the extra weight bec...

18 April 2013
15:51 GMT

A Western Diet Ups Premature Death Risk, Study Finds

A team of researchers writing in the May issue of The American Journal of Medicine maintain that, according to their investigations, people who follow a Western style diet are more likely to die at a young age. Apart from their having an increased premature death risk, these people are bound to experience more heal...

17 April 2013
04:42 GMT

Cat Eats McDonald's for over a Year, Hates Being Made to Go on a Diet

Animal welfare organization SPCA recently had the chance to rescue a cat whose McDonald's-based diet took a serious toll on his health. Apparently, Frankie, as this feline is named, spent more than a year living in the parking lot of a McDonald's restaurant in the Hamilton suburb of Frankton. Being an e...

16 April 2013
02:15 GMT

Watch: “Women and Muffins Can't Coexist,” Funny Video Says

The video below made it online several days ago, and people have taken quite a liking to it. Note no. 1: By “people,” I mean “mostly women.” Note no. 2: By “have taken quite a liking to it,” I mean “absolutely adore it.” But then again, who's to blame them? Th...

13 April 2013
04:43 GMT

Gwyneth Paltrow Is Not Starving Her Kids – Video

Whenever she talks of how she likes to take the utmost care of her body by being very careful about what she eats, Gwyneth Paltrow comes under fire. Her recent comments on her kids’ diet got her even more criticism, especially in the online media. The problem is, she says in her new interview on Good Morning ...

11 April 2013
10:21 GMT

XTina’s 2013 Weight Loss: How Did She Do It?

Christina Aguilera stepped out the other day to walk the red carpet at an NBC promo event for The Voice, even though she’s no longer a judge on the panel. She’s decidedly slimmer these days, prompting a lot of fans to wonder how she’s done it. As we also reported the other day, Christina has seen ...

22 March 2013
10:43 GMT

Ancient Mummies Had Clogged Arteries, Study Finds

This past Sunday, the people attending the American College of Cardiology meeting in San Francisco got to hear a team of researchers talking about how the arteries of ancient mummies were just as clogged as the ones of modern humans. As the specialists who took the time to investigate this issue explain, this means...

11 March 2013
08:22 GMT

Snooki Loses 42 Pounds (19 Kg) After Pregnancy

Snooki was never quite the role model for healthy living mostly because of her outspoken love of alcohol and junk food. These days, though, she’s cutting a much slender and considerably healthier figure. The latest print issue of Us Weekly will bring a lengthy interview with the MTV reality star on how mother...

7 March 2013
01:31 GMT

Ricky Martin Embraces Vegetarianism, Says He Feels Great

About seven weeks ago, Ricky Martin decided to bid meat and dairy their farewell. Long story short, the singer became a vegetarian, simple because he came to understand that eating just fruits, veggies and the like could help one feel both healthier and more energetic. Despite his keeping silent on this topic for q...

28 February 2013
07:28 GMT

Carmen Electra Gets Back in the Baywatch Swimsuit for InTouch

At 40, Carmen Electra has the same banging body she had when she was 25, so it’s no wonder she’s itching to show it off. This is precisely what she does in the latest issue of InTouch magazine, which sees her back in her Baywatch swimsuit. Indeed, the former star of the hit TV series has agreed to wear ...

28 February 2013
07:25 GMT

Coffee Can Help People Live Longer

The Journal of Caffeine Research has recently witnessed the publication of a new study claiming that, when drank in moderation (i.e. no more than three cups per day), coffee can actually help people live longer. Prior to their reaching the conclusion that coffee can add years to one's life, the researchers too...

22 February 2013
15:41 GMT

Trainer Reveals Secrets to Beyonce’s 60-Pound (27.2 Kg) Weight Loss

Beyonce is one of the hardest working women in showbiz, so it comes as no surprise that she also gave it her best to make sure she bounced back to excellent shape after giving birth to her baby girl, Blue Ivy. Her trainer is now dishing all the details. Fans must know that Beyonce performed live just 3 months after...

20 February 2013
14:41 GMT

Boy George Unveils Slimmer Figure at London Fashion Week 2013

On the occasion of a London Fashion Week 2013 outing, singer Boy George has unveiled his newly slimmed down figure – but same fabulous style. Click on the image above to see how he looks today. For reference, here is a photo of him in 2012. You can clearly see he’s lost a lot of weight. Before the pap...

18 February 2013
16:31 GMT

How Kate Upton Prepared for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover

Kate Upton is often in a position in which she has to defend herself against critics calling her “fat” or even saying she has no right to call herself a “model” because of it. As it turns out, it’s not rare that she has to put in extra hours at the gym or go on a diet cleanse to prepare ...

18 February 2013
15:11 GMT

Adorable Seal Uses Its Charms to Trick Keepers into Overfeeding It

A seal named Yule Log must now go on a diet and try to make amends for the fact that, throughout the past few months, it has been using its charms to trick its keepers into overfeeding it. Apparently, this animal managed to gain a whopping 18 st (124 kg) in just nine months' time. Yule Log now weighs an impres...

9 February 2013
14:51 GMT

Mama June Says There’s No Pressure to Change Despite Weight Loss

Mama June, as June Shannon of TLC’s reality show “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” is better known as, has lost over 100 pounds (45.3 kg) in the past 2 years, but she insists she didn’t do anything special for this to happen. After word broke that she’d lost this much weight without dieting a...

8 February 2013
05:24 GMT

Honey Boo Boo’s Mama June Lost 100 Pounds (45.3 Kg)

Mama June, star of TLC’s hit series “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo,” made headlines when she gave herself a home makeover and turned into Marilyn Monroe for Halloween but, as it turns out, her real life transformation is just beginning. Over the past couple of years, the overweight reality star has bee...

7 February 2013
03:40 GMT

Mom Who Put 7-Year-Old on a Diet Defends Herself in New Interview

The name Dara-Lynn Weiss might not ring a bell, but the story of the mom who put her 7-year-old on a diet might. Weiss is speaking out again to defend herself, but also to promote the new book she has coming out, chronicling her and her daughter’s road to a slimmer figure and, of course, good health. Weiss wa...

6 February 2013
10:15 GMT

Calorie Labels Are Inaccurate, Harvard Researcher Says

Rachel Carmody, a researcher currently working with the University of Harvard, now claims that calorie labels are more often than not inaccurate and that they must be updated as soon as possible. More so seeing how quite a lot a people are presently dealing with various weight issues and find themselves in dire nee...

5 February 2013
03:39 GMT

Fat Shaming Is the Only Way to Curb Obesity, Bioethicist Says

Given the fact that obesity rates in the United States seem to be only going up, regardless of whatever strategies the country's high officials are trying to employ in order to convince people to lead a healthier lifestyle, it need not come as a surprise that some are quite convinced that drastic measures are in...

25 January 2013
04:59 GMT

Paula Deen and Family Lost 178 Pounds (80.7 Kg) Together

Paula Deen learned she had Type 2 Diabetes in early 2012 and, in the summer of that same year, had already begun her impressive transformation. Now 40 pounds (18.1 kg) lighter, Mrs. Deen is proud to say her entire family is healthier and slimmer as well. The February issue of People magazine brings an interview and...

24 January 2013
15:51 GMT

Khloe Kardashian Says She’s Happy If She’s a Little Heavier

Khloe Kardashian has always been targeted by some and praised by others for her attitude when it comes to losing weight. In a new interview with Glamour magazine, the star says she’s done with diets for good. Though she was never the one to starve herself to be stick thin or, even worse, tell others that conf...

21 January 2013
10:41 GMT

Seattle Woman Pledges to Eat Only Starbucks for a Year

One Seattle woman, legally named Beautiful Existence, is choosing to live her life in the fast lane (her words, more or less), by pledging to spend an entire year eating and drinking only from Starbucks. Her challenge kicked off on January 2, but it’s only now getting international media attention, which has ...

12 January 2013
01:59 GMT

Kourtney Kardashian Shows Off Slim Figure on Magazine Cover

Kourtney Kardashian’s figure has already bounced back from her second pregnancy: she’s healthier than ever, back to her pre-baby weight and back into her 2-piece swimsuit, as the latest cover of Life & Style magazine can confirm. The reality star has opened up to the mag about her diet and how she manage...

29 December 2012
09:21 GMT

New Weight Watchers Ad with Jessica Simpson Is Out

Just in case you missed Jessica Simpson’s tweet that confirms she’s pregnant with her second child, her brand new, extended ad for Weight Watchers should do the trick. Check it out below, embedded at the end of the article. An extended version of the second commercial since Jess signed as spokesperson f...

27 December 2012
13:51 GMT

Say No to Muffin Tops This Christmas – Diet Tips from Kendra Wilkinson

With all the parties that we’re about to go to as the festive season kicks off, it’s very easy to lose sight of the number of daily calories we consume or of the importance of working out to burn them off. Kendra Wilkinson is here to help. As we’re getting ready for Christmas, the former Playboy Bun...

25 December 2012
02:21 GMT

Jenny McCarthy Shows Off Ripped Abs, Reveals Diet Tips

She was once the hottest woman in showbiz – and Jenny McCarthy has somehow managed to maintain her bombshell status now that she’s 40 as well. In the latest issue of Shape magazine, she reveals some of the tricks she’s using to stay in such fantastic shape. The former glamour girl and television p...

20 December 2012
02:56 GMT

Kelly Osbourne’s Weight Loss “Revelations,” Tips for Getting in Shape

Until a couple of years ago when she agreed to make her debut on Dancing With the Stars, Kelly Osbourne would constantly make headlines for her yo-yo-ing weight and her inability to stay in shape. All that is history now. Those looking for inspiration to lose weight and boost their confidence and health should look...

17 December 2012
10:24 GMT

Jared Leto Shows Off Emaciated Frame in Shocking New Pics

Jared Leto is officially one of the hardest working and most dedicated actors in the industry right now. He’s currently shooting “Dallas Buyers Club,” a role for which he’s basically starving himself. To offer a glimpse into his transformation to fans, the (eyebrow-less, emaciated) actor tea...

29 November 2012
09:58 GMT

Jennifer Lawrence Unveils Incredibly Toned, Stunning Figure on the Beach

Jennifer Lawrence has repeatedly said she’s considered “obese” in Hollywood because she’s not stick thin, but she’s far from fat. Photos of her on the beach in Hawaii over Thanksgiving have emerged online as, as you can imagine, got everybody talking. Even those who had doubts about ho...

24 November 2012
05:51 GMT

Google Glasses Make Us Eat Less

A study led by a group of Japanese researchers from the University of Tokyo suggests that Google Glasses could act as a diet pill, by manipulating our perception on the amount of food we eat. The scientists have created a particular software which allows AR glasses to perform a real-time resizing of the food, Daily ...

22 November 2012
06:41 GMT

New Pepsi Refresher Fights Off the Extra Pounds

Suntory Holdings Limited (i.e. Pepsi's partner in Japan) is now marketing a new type of refresher, named “Pepsi Special,” which supposedly helps people gain control of their appetites and lose weight. As they put, this might just be the world's first “healthy soda,” meaning that it...

16 November 2012
15:21 GMT

Anne Hathaway Reveals Drastic Weight Loss Diet for “Les Miserables” Role

Back when the first photos from the set of “Les Miserables” emerged online, there was a lot of talk about how Anne Hathaway was basically starving herself for the role of Fantine. In her latest Vogue interview, Anne pretty much confirms it. This is the first time that the actress officially talks about t...

13 November 2012
13:51 GMT

Jennifer Hudson Is Done Losing Weight

Jennifer Hudson is calling it a day on her weight loss program. Ever since she’s been on Weight Watchers, the singer and actress has dropped a whopping 80 pounds (36.2 kg) but she’s now saying she’s not interested in losing more weight. One might assume, though, that she’ll stick with the pr...

9 November 2012
17:01 GMT

Obese Cat Named Skinny Drops 4 Pounds (1.8 Kg)

About two months ago, some people in Texas came across an obese cat who weighed a whopping 41 pounds (18.6 kilograms). In other words, the feline weighed as much as your average 4-year-old child. Because the cat was simply too fat to be put up for adoption, a veterinarian from Dallas named Brittney Barton decided t...

7 November 2012
01:47 GMT

Jessica Simpson Shows Off Tiny Waist in Sizzling Halloween Costume

Jessica Simpson is looking mighty foxy these days. Hours ago, the star unveiled a Halloween family portrait on Twitter, in which she’s rocking some serious vampy fashion and a much slimmer figure. Ever since she was still pregnant, there was a lot of talk and, unfortunately, negative attention, on Jessica&rsq...

1 November 2012
05:19 GMT

Obesity “Resets” the Body, Makes It Hold On to the Extra Pounds

A team of researchers have recently debuted an investigation into the long-lasting effects of obesity, and their latest findings suggest that this medical condition pretty much “resets” the human organism, making it hold on to the extra pounds for longer periods. To cut a long story short, once an indiv...

26 October 2012
17:01 GMT


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