It’s called weight cycling, or yo-yo dieting, but no matter which name you call it, one thing is certain: it’s all bad for you. It happens like this: people get on a diet, loose a little weight and then shortly after gain the weight back (usually even more). They become depressed at their failure, feeling [...]

Marriage, coffee deprivation, and not being breast-fed as a child – these are just some surprising reasons for being overweight, according to a recent blog post from the University of Phoenix’s Nurse Practitioner School.   The list goes on to include sleep deprivation, prescription medication, stress, liquor intake, starving oneself, menopause, and pesticides. These are [...]