MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- A dietician who helps professional athletes lose weight has written a book to help the rest of us: The "Active Calorie Diet." Leslie Bonci says the diet is not about counting ...

Like most people at this time of year, statistician Nathan Yau has calories on the brain. But you'll find no sugar plum visions here; Yau is thinking about fast food---specifically, how to eat less of ...

Obesity rates have risen in recent decades. In 2012, over 66% of the U.S. population had either overweight or obesity (1). If you eat more calories than you need for energy, weight gain can result.

Registered dietitian Jill Weisenberger once had a client who kept a puzzling food journal. The calorie counts were all out of whack. The woman’s tuna sandwich had 33 calories. An apple: 144. Turns out ...

Nearly all packaged foods we eat have a nutritional label. The amount of calories on that label is a guiding factor in helping consumers make good or bad food choices. The problem is, calorie counts ...

In the eyes of many, it's a dirty word. In an age of body positivity, God forbid anyone mention the dreaded word: calories. But, I'm going to say it — calorie-counting has actually helped me improve ...

The way restaurants and other food establishments in the United States label calorie counts on their menus could look different starting this spring, and while some politicians and industry groups are ...