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lifestyle

BMI, meet DNA

New research buttresses the understanding that genetics plays an outsized role in determining a person's success with weight loss.

Patient Story

‘It creeps up on you’

After gaining significant weight in his late 20s and early 30s, a Michigan man sheds 90 pounds through a new health program.

New diabetes guidelines are a win

Treating illness at its root cause requires a personalized approach.

Be the change you want in your life

From motivation to eliminating barriers to success, a primary care doc shares strategies for improved health.

What’s the best diet? Experts rate them

Your diet should be based on a well-balanced eating plan that fits your lifestyle, rather than a weird fad replete with food restrictions.

6 steps to a healthier you

As one year ends and another begins, people often assess their habits and lifestyle, and consider changes that could improve their health.

Move your way to the best you

Leave the sedentary lifestyle and stress behind you to get healthy and stay healthy.

Find your reason to move

Learn the benefits of getting up, moving around and building healthy fitness habits.

Make peace with your body

Nurture a lifelong healthy outlook by reevaluating the expectations you place on yourself.

Study: Focus on lifestyle, then HDL

Researchers say cholesterol levels are markers of other things—such as poorer health.

Even your heart may benefit from extra education

People with more schooling tend to have less heart failure.