The study followed 22,000 overweight or obese adults on 14 of the most popular diets including the Atkins diet, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, and the Mediterranean diet, for an average of six months.

In a study of diets like Weight Watchers and Atkins that allowed for such flexibility, doctors and dietitians at Tufts University looked at 160 overweight people ages 22 to 72 on the diets over a ...

Fad diets come and go, but The Atkins Diet-- a high-protein, low-carbohydrate weight-loss plan --seems never to go away, no matter how many medical professionals denounce it. "Low-carb diets have ...

Macy Alcido is a freelance writer based in New York City. She discovered her love for health reporting while attending the Columbia Journalism School, and has since contributed health-related ...

Cheese – a word that can make most food enthusiasts’ hearts skip a beat. But when you’re on a Weight Watchers journey, the ...

For a business that now sees itself as being all about wellness and not just shedding pounds, the company formerly known as Weight Watchers looks like it has been on a crash diet. In the second ...

Need to drop a few pounds—or more than a few? If so, there's a lot of good news in our new survey of thousands of dieters and their experiences with a wide array of commercial and do-it-yourself ...

All groups experienced modest weight loss and improvements in cardiac and diabetes risk factors. Does this finding mean that clinicians can finally advise their patients on the best way to lose ...

Struggling to lose the weight after her pregnancies, the 43-year-old turned to Atkins, a diet that is high in protein and low in carbs. Atkins worked so well for Milano that she not only lost 46 ...

Oprah Winfrey onstage during her 2020 Vision tour, sponsored by Weight Watchers International Shares in WW International, formerly known as Weight Watchers, have dived 25% after the firm said ...