At some point or another we’ve all had our mothers scold us for eating too quickly and told to slow down. There might be some truth to the old wives tale that eating slower will help you lose weight too, according to a new study. Published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism , the study conducted by researchers at Athens University Medical School in Greece was to determine whether eating the same meal at different speeds produces different post-meal hormones (glucagon) that signal feelings of satiety and fullness to the brain.

We all know what it’s like to get home at the end of a tough day and just want to curl up on the sofa with a jumbo sized Pepsi and super-sized Big Mac. We all think that junk food makes us feel a little self-indulgent and a little better about ourselves, but it might actually be fueling the bad mood you’re in and making feel worse – even to the point of increasing your risk of depression

An editorial in this month's Journal of the American Medical Association describes the four phases of the “epidemiological transition” that brought us into the modern medical age–and adds a depressing coda.Here's the topline: Phase 1: Pestilence and Famine.

If you can’t trust the calorie labels on foods and in restaurants then what can you trust these days?

When Carrie Underwood won American Idol in 2005 she not only found stardom but also the scrutiny of the media. Just a little bit on the curvy side (see photo on the left) she was suddenly labeled fat and she had to do something about it. She told Shape magazine, “There’s nothing worst than going online and reading that someone has called you chubby.” Only 5-feet-3 inches tall the country singer dropped 20 pounds and went from a size 6 to a size 2-4.