OBESITY is a global problem that is often not treated with the urgency it deserves. While it can be dangerous to one’s health and have deadly consequences, this health problem is hardly ever attended to in time and ends up as a case of ‘too little, too late’. And for 48-year-old Chris Labuschagne,

Eating healthy wouldn’t be so hard if you didn’t have food offered to you constantly. The kind of food we’re talking about is not lean meat, steamed veggies, or a baked sweet potato. The problem is cake, cookies, sugary drinks, and anything lacking significant nutritional value that people shove

Whether it is that post-holiday time of year, the end of a pregnancy, or just the result of a sedentary lifestyle, somehow the extra pounds got there, and something has to change to lose the weight. Determining how many calories you should consume daily and tracking your calorie intake throughout

Are you eating well and exercising, but your weight just won't budge? Or it's going up? Desperate attempts to lose weight can be so frustrating and create a real stress in our lives. In fact, I'll go as far as saying that weight is the NUMBER ONE stress for women I know.    It's a vicious cycle of

Anorexia nervosa, anorexia for short, is an eating disorder that can have fatal consequences. People suffering from anorexia consume very restrictive quantities of food, which leads to starvation. Eventually they become dangerously thin and malnourished - yet still perceive themselves as