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As we approach the cyclically sweet period between New Year's resolutions and swimsuit season, investors may think there are profitable opportunities in companies focused on diet and exercise. But you may be wise not to gorge on the stocks.

I have a new theory about food, one I developed after watching some ducks in my neighborhood. We have these two ducks that seem to live on our street, which is your typical suburban street that's more or less in the Ohio countryside. There's a nondescript lake about a 10-minute walk away, where I...

The good news is that I haven't gained any weight this week. The bad news is that I haven't lost any either. And I admit, my first thought the last time I looked at the scale was about as self-defeating as it gets. If I'm not losing any weight by giving up junk food, why am I depriving myself of...

For everyone tired of all of the bickering between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien on NBC, you may want to turn your attention to the fight that's brewing between Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig. Weight Watchers announced today that they're suing Jenny Craig for running a misleading advertising...

I'm on week two of the "Money Diet," and while I apparently haven't lost any weight, I figure I've "earned" a lot more than I have in previous weeks. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm referring to the diet I've nicknamed the Money Diet. On January 1, I announced here on WalletPop...

There is an interesting story about weight loss in the latest edition of USA Today. The article profiles people who have lost a significant amount of weight without spending a lot of money on fancy gyms or elaborate diet plans. They simply made small changes in their routines that made a...

A new study appearing in the Journal of the American Medical Association tested the viability of a controversial approach to obesity-- paying the obese to lose weight. According the Wall Street Journal's Sarah Rubenstein, researchers from the business and medical schools of the University of...

At this point, it's hard to imagine someone who hasn't at least heard about Super Size Me. Morgan Spurlock's 2004 video account of the physical effects of eating McDonald's for a month amazed and disturbed thousands of junk-food junkies who had apparently thought that extra large sugary sodas,...

The last time I wrote about restaurants offering huge portions of unhealthy calories, one kind commenter referred to me as "food Stalin."Well now I'm at it again. Fortune Small Business reports that Outback Steakhouse sells 2,900 calorie cheese-fries. A new law in New York requires that the company...