Food lobbyists are winning the battle to remove marketing guidelines for kids. Here’s some information on how we can stop them in their tracks. Best part: it will only take four minutes of your life.

If we let sugar levels drop in our body, we’ll be craving cupcakes like no one’s business. Here’s how to avoid the cascade of events that lead you to junk food. It’s not about willpower, it’s about metabolism.

Can a gene pre-determine if you are a couch potato? One study suggests this is exactly the case. How can we overcome it?

It’s easy to stand there and blame parents for their kids being overweight. But the issues are far more complex than that. I’m sick of people pointing fingers and feeling superior. How about we do something useful instead?

The USDA recently came out with a food plate but it didn’t mention anything if you are vegan or vegetarian. I found a plate that does. Here are some guidelines for going veg.

Harvard challenges the USDA’s Food Plate with its own version that scraps the dairy and the potaoes in favor of loading down your plate with healthy oils and lean proteins. Here’s more.

A 189 million calorie chocolate bar has been made (really!). How long does it take to work that off on a treadmill? How about that cupcake you had for lunch? Answers here.

The “Forks Over Knives” diet is having an impact in the media. Are we at the tipping point for a vegetarian lifestyle?