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Are you losing it? Life stage and weight loss

Find out if it's possible to outrun the middle-age spread.

Do ‘early birds’ get the healthier worm?

Late-to-bed types appear to have poorer eating habits.

The brain can produce its own sugar

Researchers discovered the brain makes fructose, which is linked to obesity and type 2 diabetes.

The sour note on fake sweeteners

Childhood use of sugar substitutes jumped 200 percent from 1999 to 2012—and that's not a good thing.

Cream and sugar, anyone?

When counting calories, remember that most calories in coffee and tea come from what's added.

Study: Daily soda could up diabetes risk

Dietitian agrees excessive soda consumption is problematic, but adds that study's findings need further research.

Your recipe for healthier holidays

We nibble here, nibble there and eat heaping portions this time of year. Here's some practical advice for how to curb the calories while enjoying the season.

Daily soda boosts prediabetes risk

Long-running study shows how regular sugar intake can batter a person's body on a cellular level.

Heart group: 9 in 10 kids lack healthy diet

Many children ages 2 to 19 get their calories from simple carbohydrates such as sugary drinks and desserts.

Break the combo

Children consume more calories with fast food combination meals—and sugary drinks are most to blame.

Sugar companies shifted focus on heart harm

Decades-old documents show researchers were paid to influence scientific thinking to make fat the enemy, not sweets.

Sugary drinks increase deep belly fat

This same type of fat is also associated with risk of type 2 diabetes and heart disease.