Depression and Weight
A growing body of research suggests a connection between weight and depression.

Holiday Weight Gain and the Benefit of a New Year’s Resolution
While the holidays are a special time of year, bringing seasonal cheer and time-honored festivities, they can also be a time for overindulgence and weight gain.

Weekly Meetings Plus Internet Tools Offer Increased Weight-Loss Success
The results of a 2007 study demonstrate that attending weekly meetings and using online tools significantly increases weight-loss success when compared to simply attending meetings.¹

Eating Disorders
Obesity and eating disorders both involve eating behaviors, but they should not be confused. Eating disorders are serious medical conditions that are diagnosed by specific criteria.

Social Networks and Obesity
A groundbreaking investigation examined how social relationships affect weight and found that friends have the greatest impact on a person's likelihood of becoming overweight.

The Link Between Couples and Weight
A growing body of research has found a connection between couples and weight. Not only do women and men who live together tend to gain weight at similar times, they also are more likely to achieve better results if they tackle weight loss as a couple.

Gender Differences in Motivators and Barriers to Weight Loss
Understanding the different motivators and barriers men and women encounter during weight loss may help both achieve lasting weight loss, as individuals and as a couple.

Eating Triggers
Identifying and understanding eating triggers can help you achieve weight-loss success.

Plateaus and Stages of Change
The Stages of Change model has been applied in a variety of situations involving changing behavior, including diet and exercise.

Study Shows Attendance at Weight Watchers Meetings Strongly Linked to Weight Loss and Health Improvements
A study shows that attendance at weekly meetings is valuable for weight loss and other healthful changes.

Factors Affecting Children’s Food Choices
As enforcers of food rules, parents seek the delicate balance between setting rules about food choices and ensuring that they are followed.

Learning From Previous Weight-Loss Attempts
The ability to learn from previous weight-loss efforts can be key in setting a successful course for the future.

The Importance of You
Developing self-care practices can help with weight loss and protect against weight regain.

Emotional Eating
Researchers have discovered some common themes that lead to emotional eating.

Creating a Healthy-Weight Environment for Kids
Greater attention to factors that affect food intake and physical activity patterns can help create a healthy-weight environment.

Thinking About Weight Loss
Getting rid of unhelpful thought patterns and establishing helpful ones can boost weight-loss success.

Mind Skills for Lasting Weight Loss
The development of behavioral and cognitive skills learned during weight loss is critical to successful maintenance.

Mood and Weight
The relationship between mood and weight is affected by a variety of components that include food choices, hormones and coping skills.

Are You Ready? Behavior Change and Weight Management
Applying the Stages of Change model to weight loss is a challenge because of the multiple behaviors involved, and it can be difficult to determine what stage a person is in at any given time.

Are You Ready? Introduction to Behavior Change
Understanding how people make behavioral changes is key to helping modify their lifestyle in positive ways.

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