Tag: Weight
Tracking daily step counts can be a useful tool for weight...
Bob Buresh, Kennesaw State University
Over the last decade, smartphones have become ubiquitous not just for sending texts and...
BMI alone will no longer be treated as the go-to measure...
Scott Hagan, University of Washington
Amid the buzz around weight loss drugs and rising rates of obesity worldwide, many...
Kids with obesity need acceptance from family and friends, not just...
Amanda Harrist, Oklahoma State University and Laura Hubbs-Tait, Oklahoma State University
Hundreds of programs over the past four decades...
Weight stigma is a burden around the world – and has...
Rebecca Puhl, University of Connecticut
Lazy. Unmotivated. No self-discipline. No willpower.
These are just a few...
Going back to the office? The colder temperature could lead to...
Kenneth McLeod, Binghamton University, State University of New York
With millions of Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, many who have...
Whether slow or fast, here’s how your metabolism influences how many...
Terezie Tolar-Peterson, Mississippi State University
It’s a common dieter’s lament: “Ugh, my metabolism is so slow, I’m never going to lose any weight.”
When people talk...
I traveled to American Samoa 5 times to study the secret...
Rob Ruck, University of Pittsburgh
With training camp in full swing, quarterback Marcus Mariota, the first Samoan Heisman Trophy winner, will be the signal caller...
How one early 20th-century performer defanged her fat-shamers
Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff, University of South Carolina
It’s all-too-common for women – especially those in the public spotlight – to be criticized for their weight....
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
