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This article talks aboout the dilemna of eating too much at the holidays and what to do about it.

This article describes the psychological pressures on children whose body image doesn't fit the media-driven image of what they should look like. Among the legitimate concerns about childhood obesity, there are those children who body structure makes them bigger and shaped differently than the norm. Parents, peers and school officials need to be aware on how to accept the build the self-esteem on children who fit in this category.

This article summarizes key points in preventing or managing Type II Diabetis. Dr. Farmer relates his personal experience with this disease.

This article describes recent research that shows people eat more when confronted with a variety of foods than if they had just one food to eat. We have taste specific satiety. Our varied and abundant North American diet, the land of all-you-can-eat buffets, presents opportunities for overeating.

This column is based on the an interview with psychologist Stephen Wonderlich. He describes the genesis, diagnosis and treatment issues with bulimia, anorexia nervosa and ginge eating disorders.