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Kelly Lester’s past struggle with weight control inspires her to teach and model healthy eating habits for her kids, and fuels her dedication to always send them off to school with a great lunch. But packing lunches for her three small girls was no picnic.  Known as the “queen of efficiency,” Kelly gradually grew more [...]

For teens who want to connect with the “in” crowd, food can be their best friend or their worst enemy. And, often the habits established as a teenager make their way into adulthood, and can lead to very serious health concerns. Jodi Krizer Graber, founder of Bravo! Wellness, knows this first-hand as a reliance on [...]

No matter how old, overweight or out-of-shape you are, Angela Parker believes that you can make “astounding changes” to your life, health, and your body through fitness.  And after training hundreds of adults as well as young girls in her LA boot camps, Angela discovered that young girls become super-inspired when their mothers work out [...]

A high percentage of girls, teens, and women remain unhappy with their bodies, despite the many advances for girls and women in sports, education, and work over the past quarter century. Indeed, according to at least one study, body dissatisfaction has gotten even worse in recent decades. Why? Dr. Barbara Greenberg, Psychology Today’s Teen Doctor [...]

Too many diets require extreme sacrifices (no carbs! no dessert! no fat!) and complex schemes.  Neither of which are sustainable in the long run.  Enter Heidi McIndoo, a registered dietitian, spokesperson, author, and nutritionist who allows you to have your cake and eat it too, while still managing your weight. Heidi loves to undo the [...]

Why do most diets fail?  Why are so many of us eating ourselves to sickness and even death — one donut at a time? Psychotherapist William Anderson has many of the answers — and the solutions — in his new book, The Anderson Method.  Willpower plus the best “diet” on earth won’t help the average [...]

Yes it is, according to MeMe Roth, an outspoken media guest, founder of the non-profit “National Action Against Obesity,” journalist, and mom. MeMe is on a quest to wake up parents around the country and shock them into an awareness of how they are abusing their overweight kids with food.  Quarrel with MeMe’s brash tactics [...]

If you are overweight and have an overweight child, studies show that one of the best things you can do for your kid is to lose weight yourself. Too busy, too overwhelmed to do it?  Get inspired by Diane Carbonell, a mom to 7 kids (!) who struggled with obesity for ten years, reaching a [...]

Sonya Branch Johnson knows how hard it is to lose weight.  A formerly 300-pound Mom who began to turn her life around when her doctor wrote “obese” on her chart, Sonya has lost 70 pounds and continues to struggle with her weight.  She lost her own parents to diabetes and cardiovascular disease before they turned [...]

Rebecca Regnier, an “always dieting” mom, lost 20 pounds by using twitter as a 24/7 support system. Instead of grabbing that doughnut, she tweeted about it instead! And she wrote an ebook, Your Twitter Diet, to help other women do it too. But wait, there’s more! Rebecca is an award-winning journalist with a wicked funny [...]