Weight gain may be determined by genes

Research shows that people with specific 'polymorphisms' are more likely to put on weight.

• Study finds genetic cause for common heart ailment
• Black women gain weight with contraceptives
• Medication can cause weight gain

Smartphones the new way to lose weight

Smartphones that monitor food intake and exercise, set a weight loss target and send a weekly updates on progress are proving successful as a weight-loss tool.

• Apps use brainwaves to guide, improve meditation
• New brain-test app
• Dieting but not losing weight?

Dieters, beware!

In search of a quick fix diet to rid you of the load you piled on over the holidays? Be careful what plan you follow and see what the experts have to say first.

• Fat? 'It's not my fault!'
• Why am I fat?
• The weight loss quiz

Your Eating Personality Uncovered

A carrot, chocolate or burger? Learning more about your eating pattern can help you make better choices, so you can shed your excess weight.

Your Eating Personality Uncovered

A carrot, chocolate or burger? Learning more about your eating pattern can help you make better choices, so you can shed your excess weight.

Diets make you hungry?

Here are some great in-between snack ideas to keep your belly full and your fat storage tank on empty.

• Do the obese deserve contempt?
• 5 'slim' foods that make you fat
• Why am I fat?

Weight loss plateau? Get the scale moving!

Struggling to shed those last 5kgs? We've rustled together our top 5 plateau-busting solutions for you to try today.

• Dieting? Don't cut the fat!
• The basics of snacking
• Celebrity Diet Secrets

Cheat's Guide to Looking Slimmer

Here's how to look and feel slender - even if you've put on weight.

• 'Help! How do I lose my tummy?'
• How to fake a healthy lifestyle
• How to be photogenic

Fat can harm your foetus

A study finds that a mother's fat intake can harm the embryo's development.

• Don't drink while pregnant
• Birth defects linked to coal smoke
• Whose birth is it anyway?

Cheat's Guide to Looking Slimmer

Still trudging your winter weight around? Let that bulging tummy be bygones with these easy tricks.

• 'Help! How do I lose my tummy?'
• How to fake a healthy lifestyle
• How to be photogenic

Weight loss plateau? Get the scale moving!

Struggling to shed those last 5kgs? We've rustled together our top 5 plateau-busting solutions for you to try today.

• Dieting? Don't cut the fat!
• The basics of snacking
• Celebrity Diet Secrets

Diets make you hungry?

Here are some great in-between snack ideas to keep your belly full and your fat storage tank on empty.

• Do the obese deserve contempt?
• 5 'slim' foods that make you fat
• Why am I fat?

Broken heart? Cut the fat.

Heart disease is the number one killer of women, yet the HSFA says that lowering one's risk is as simple as cutting back on fat

"Fat people shouldn't be on TV"

A Marie Claire magazine blogger caused a huge uproar this week after she insulted ‘fat’ people…

Dieting? Don’t cut the fat!

Been led to believe that eating fats would make you gain weight? Bogus! Here’s reason to munch on.

• Fat? Write it off!
• Easy on the salt!
• 5 Ways to Beat Cholesterol... Easily!

Weight loss plateau? Get the scale moving!

Struggling to shed those last 5kgs? We've rustled together our top 5 plateau-busting solutions for you to try today.

• Dieting? Don't cut the fat!
• The basics of snacking
• Celebrity Diet Secrets

Diets make you hungry?

Here are some great in-between snack ideas to keep your belly full and your fat storage tank on empty.

• Do the obese deserve contempt?
• 5 'slim' foods that make you fat
• Why am I fat?

Dieting? Be supermarket savvy!

Trying to shop healthier, but appalled at the high cost? Improve your trolley sense with our handy hints on eating and shopping better for less.

• Celebrity Diet Secrets
• Tweak your diet and lose weight!
• Cheat's Guide to Looking Slimmer

Fat? Write it off!

Thought keeping a food journal was insane? Not according to this study! Here’s proof that putting pen to paper when trying to lose weight could actually work.

• Diets make you hungry?
• Dieters, beware!
• Top 7 Diet Myths

You made your child fat!

It’s your fault that your child’s a fatty, says no-nonsense single dad Marlon Abrahams.

Diets make you hungry?

Here are some great in-between snack ideas to keep your belly full and your fat storage tank on empty.

• Do the obese deserve contempt?
• 5 'slim' foods that make you fat
• Why am I fat?

What happens to the fat we eat?

We get fat and cholesterol from the food we eat. They are then broken down in the gut and reassembled into complex lipid molecules.

I'm so stuck, Maya

Why am I stuck at 68 kilos? I hardly eat at all during the day - sometimes I only have an apple for lunch or two bananas but still I'm stuck. I can't lose anything. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. My dinner is usually very light - sometimes I replace my lunch meals with a lean shake. What am I doing wrong, or what am I not doing at all? Please help.

Why am I overweight?

I eat oats for breakfast with low fat milk and one teaspoon sugar, also a cup of coffee. Lunch is a low GI sandwich of trimmed meat, salad with tea or coffee. Dinner is all the food groups, very little oil, low GI carbs or very little carbs if carbs not low gi. I eat about 2-3 servings of fruit per day. Also 2-3 servings of veg per day. I am also breastfeeding my 10 month old who is now down to two feeds per day as I am weaning him. Why oh why am I not losing weight? I am actively busy all