Guzzling down soda is practically an American pastime. We drink over 13 billion gallons of soda per year! The Center for Science in the Public Interest would like you to stop thinking of it as soda and start thinking of it as liquid candy.

Jillian Michaels has done a lot of things wrong. But is she really the one to blame? Or is it the TV producers who hired her in the first place?

You love to see the fruits of your labors. That sweat-soaked T shirt is a mark of pride for just how hard you’ve been working out. But did you ever think about how sweat works? Why you sweat in the first place?

If you’ve slacked off with your fitness routine, here are five tips to get back on track.

A rather amusing study coming out of Turkey. Men with higher BMIs take longer to reach ejaculation, thereby prolonging their sexual pleasure.

The folks at Entertainment Weekly are talking about a new addition to ABC’s “Extreme Makeover” family. First they carved people up like turkeys, put them on crash diets, and then whirled them past stylists, hair dressers, and makeup artists. Then they booted families out of their homes, demolished them, and rebuilt something quick and grand complete with lots of theme rooms. Now the franchise is slowing down and follow the overweight for a full year.

Marie Claire responded today to the fitness bloggers who reacted so strongly to the “Hunger Diaries” article. They rounded up comments, and twitter and blog posts (mine was one of them) to show that they are listening to us and to show both sides of the story.

He made his name as a sassy gossiper, his huge blog PerezHilton.com all things celebrity. It’s gotten him in trouble over the years as an occasional swipe has gone awry. He was known for his zaftig figure but over the past two and a half years Hilton has dropped 60 pounds. His weight loss experience has led him to debut FitPerez this week, a site about all things celebrity and fitness.