Counting Calories for Weight Loss: Should You Do It? This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Who knew weight loss involved so much math? Counting calories can be a useful ...

One cup of grapes: 60 calories. Three Oreos: 160 calories. One half-cup cereal: 220 calories. Sound familiar? You’ve probably tried counting calories to lose weight—and maybe it even worked. At first, ...

Calories alone won't tell you if a food will make you gain weight because they don't account for nutritional value, Dr. Robert Lustig told Insider.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." EVEN AS NEW, trendy diets emerge, calorie counting remains a reliable practice in the world of weight ...

January’s long nights, howling winds and unending drizzle that constitute a British winter all seem to scream: stay indoors, ...

A calorie deficit is necessary for weight loss, but you don't need to count calories. Try tracking 2-3 days a week, and be mindful of portion sizes the other days, Jordan Syatt said. Counting calories ...

Whether you’re trudging on a treadmill, pedaling on an exercise bike or taking on Roger Federer in a Wii game of Grand Slam Tennis, the machine will probably give you a reading of how many calories ...

For any dieter, calorie counting is an all-too-familiar concept. Basic science shows that if you consume fewer calories than you expend, you’ll lose weight. It’s that easy, right? Unfortunately ...

Counting calories is now the law of the land. This month, a long-delayed regulation came into effect requiring all food chains with 20 or more locations to list calorie information on their menus.

You can say one thing for Professor Mark Haub: He knows how to make a lesson stick. Haub, who teaches nutrition at Kansas State University, wanted to prove to his students that weight loss is simply ...

Once the foundation of popular diet programs and nutrition guidelines, calorie counting has fallen out of favor with food experts. From a basic accounting standpoint, “calorie counting simply can’t be ...