When you start exercising, the hormone that controls appetite—ghrelin—goes down, which means you don’t feel very hungry. At ...

“If you’ve ever stepped on the scale and wondered, ‘Why am I gaining weight so fast?”, know that you’re not alone,” assures Sean Bourke, MD, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of JumpstartMD.

Hidden factors like sleep, stress, hormones and medications can influence weight gain; learn to discuss with a doctor and ...

For some people, gaining weight is important for health. You may want or need to gain weight if you’ve always been underweight, are losing weight unintentionally, or have an eating disorder. You may ...

Many people think gaining weight quickly means piling on junk food or eating as much cake as possible. But that myth overlooks something important: gaining weight healthily requires choosing the right ...

Estrogen levels dip during perimenopause and menopause, causing unwanted changes like weight gain around the belly. Hormonal shifts, muscle loss, stress, decreased physical activity and poor sleep all ...

Many parents try to help a child who is gaining too much weight quickly and fail. Worrying, nagging, nudging, food policing, and screen time monitoring usually end in arguments and hurt feelings.