In news that you will make you think Willy Wonka is behind all those vast global media conspiracies we keep telling you are just 'silly,' Gossip Girl thespian and perfect dress wearer Blake Lively says NOPE, when it comes to her famous figure, she doesn't exercise or train or diet or count calories or get illegal…
William Howard Taft was, notoriously, our fattest president, weighing in somewhere between 314 and 340 pounds during his term. One time he got stuck in a bathtub or something (maybe). This is literally the only thing anyone remembers about President Taft, even though—little known factoid—he was actually doing all…
Okay, so, it's sort of a no-brainer that super-severe calorie restriction (i.e. being really, really hungry all the time) can do a number on your ability to focus on everyday tasks—because, you know, your brain needs calories
In an effort to suit "contemporary tastes," McDonald's has announced that it's adding fruits and vegetables to its menu, which customers can choose in lieu of fries when ordering a value meal.
It's only natural that, being a nation of fatties, our lifestyle is directly reflected on our pets. More than half of American dogs are overweight, according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, and while it might be kind of cute, it's definitely not healthy.
Burger King has added a new lower fat, lower calorie french fry to its menu. Hopefully they aren't as gross as their trademarked name: Satisfries.
It turns out that breakfast isn't the most important meal of the day. Most weight-loss programs and diets insist that eating breakfast is the key to setting a good pace for the day and helps people avoid snacking in the afternoon. But new research suggests that's not the case.
As previously mentioned, back issues of Photoplay have been archived online. A quick flip through of the January 1929 issue revealed a piece that feels chillingly current: It warns that women are putting their lives at risk when they try to be as skinny as Hollywood stars. We've been talking about this shit for 84…
Second only to maybe Diet Coke, yogurt is the edible material most stereotypically associated with women
"A clean plate is a happy plate" is a common refrain for new parents — but sometimes it's not so happy for the kid. More like "miserable" or "potentially pukey" or "burgeoning weird relationship with food." As if you moms didn't have enough to worry about. I have a fucking CAT, and every time I go out of the house I am…
Unlike Gwyneth Paltrow's diet, which you can mimic yourself as long as you have a grillion dollars and access to things like duck eggs and goji berries, to copy what Marc Jacobs eats, you would have to hire personal chef Laura Gerrie to feed artisanal juice directly to your mouth.
As a general rule, it's a good idea to let people eat what they want and leave them alone about it. If someone wants to be vegan, who cares? Let them be vegan. If someone is avoiding gluten, fine! So long as they're not trying to take the donut out of your mouth (which is an easy way to lose a finger) or make it…
A recent study out of the University of Nebraska, the Harvard School of Public Health and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center shows that pot smokers, on average, have smaller waists and higher levels of "good cholesterol" than non pot smokers even though they tend to eat more. Finally, a diet plan that's fun and…
Congrats, everyone! The United States is overachieving in something — crap diets. Hey, it feels good to be back on top.
The epiphanic moment in Midnight in Paris doesn't have anything to do with artists, cultural decadence, or even trans-epoch romance — it's all about a mundane dream visit to the dentist in which Hemingway sycophant Gil Pender realizes that, holy shit, the local anesthetics in the early 20th century sucked so much that…
It seems like there's something to the argument that celebrity dieters with endorsement deals are successful in their weight loss goals because they are getting paid. A new study finds that willpower can be bought with cold hard cash—even considerably smaller amounts of money compared to the big paychecks Jennifer…
The Nestle corporation has announced that they're recalling half a million Lean Cuisine frozen dinners after some squeaky wheels reported "finding" pieces of "glass" in their "food." So, okay, I guess it's THE LAW OR WHATEVER. (But like my grandma always used to say: First they came for my horsemeat lasagna and I said…
Bon Appétit bills itself as "the only food lifestyle publication on the market." The magazine concerns itself with food; the website offers thousands of recipes; and recent stories include "The Return of the Tater Tot" and "Pasta!" But a new interview with Kelly Wearstler (conducted by Apron Anxiety's Alyssa Shelasky) is odd …
The Biggest Loser, NBC's cash cow "reality" hit that teaches grown-ass men and women to hate the fat away, is now allowing teens on the show. I think their new tagline is, "Because adults shouldn't be the only one running on treadmills until they puke." There's no better way to get children on the fast track to eating…
Anne Hathaway had to lose weight in order to play Fantine, the consumptive factory worker-turned-prostitute in Tom Hooper's forthcoming film adaptation of Les Misérables. Notice of her transformation has not escaped Vogue magazine, which profiles the actress for this month's cover story and asks all of the important…
Ugh, bodies. What a bunch of fuck-ups. Sometimes it seems like all they do is cost us money, make us hate ourselves, and squirt out stinky liquids (that WE have to clean up!). As soon as somebody gets Krang-technology sorted out, I'm all over it. As adults, though it's never easy, we're accustomed to dealing with…
How do you fictionalize a diet book? Well, we'll find out soon enough since Kim Barnouin, co-author of the bestselling Skinny Bitch diet series that turned into a mini-empire, just scored a book deal for her debut novel Skinny Bitch in Love. The story will follow a vegan chef who broke up with her boyfriend and then…
Hey, kids? Know what's a terrible idea? A pre-prom diet.
Mmmm, check out that pizza! Looks delicious, right? WATCH OUT: you've just gained five pounds. Or you totally will in the next few months, according to science!
A lot of people complain that losing weight and getting in shape is "difficult" and "complicated," and to those people I say, "Shut up, fat-face! You're gross!" The media and the medical establishment are just full of super helpful advice for losing weight and keeping it off, if you're willing to TRY! That's how, after…
Anthropologists have uncovered "unambiguous evidence" in South Africa that our Homo erectus grandpas were cooking their food as far back as one million years ago. Previous to this discovery, the earliest conclusive evidence of deliberate, human-controlled fires dated back only about 400,000 years. Now, I know what you're …
Good morning! Feeling great about yourself on this lovely spring day? Well, STOP, because you're fat: at least half of you who think you look awesome are actually unhealthily obese. And if you try to lose the weight, your future children will follow in your footsteps. Does this sound harsh? Don't shoot the messenger —…
Good news for da ladeeeeeez. Turns out that topping off your breakfast with a chocolatey dessert could be the key to losing (and keeping off) weight. Those are your priorities, right? Staying skinny and eating chocolate? Isn't that what's engraved on the Susan B. Anthony dollar?
Frozen diet meals cater to that particular — and vast — demographic of people who are at once lazy and calorie-conscious. Like some of us here. Despite common sense, we believe that we're popping a healthy and satisfying dinner in the microwave; the box show us so! That dinner looks so delicious, so fresh, doesn't it?…
