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One type of diversity we don't talk about at work: Body size 01/03/2019 10:39am • As a plus-size woman working in offices filled with birthday cakes and free snacks, Laura Bogart was hyper-aware of the looks and stares. "I would want it and not eat it and think 'What am I going to look like as the only person of size and I'm eating the cupcake?'" she says. Bogart, now a fre Mediterranean diet: How to start (and stay on) one of the healthiest diets 01/03/2019 07:35am • A diet that's good for healthy weight loss? Check. One that reduces the risk for diabetes, high cholesterol, heart disease, stroke and some cancers? Check. A diet that strengthens bones, improves brain health and wards off dementia and depression? Check. According to scientific research, that imp The Best Yoga Poses to Tone Your Arms 01/02/2019 07:00pm • Tank top arms are built in sweater weather -- and fortunately, pumping iron isn't the only way to tone your shoulders, biceps, triceps and forearms. Yoga, I've found, can make your whole body even more lean and chiseled than weight training (and can help you find your zen too, of course). Here are t 6 best exercises you can do with only free weights 01/02/2019 07:00pm • Free weights are simpler, cheaper and lighter than exercise machines, so they must be relatively worthless, deserving of the dust they're prone to collect in people's basements and hotel gyms — right? Hardly, says Tomery Stolz, the personal training manager at Life Time Athletic in St. Louis Pa The Best Performing Fidelity Funds for Retirement 01/02/2019 07:00pm • These are the best Fidelity funds by performance for your Fidelity 401(k).Fidelity Investments is a powerhouse in retirement planning. Investors put $6.8 trillion in Fidelity 401(k)s, or more than Japan's $5.4 trillion gross domestic product. Although stock funds are usually your best bet for high r What makes a diet easy to follow? 01/01/2019 07:00pm • Losing weight is never going to be a piece of cake. But obstacles such as bland food, a rigid eating schedule and hours-long meal prep make sticking to a diet -- and seeing the number on the scale steadily decline -- much less likely. That's why it's smart to look for a plan or approach that's relat What is the 'best diet' for you? 01/01/2019 07:00pm • What makes a diet best? In Best Diets 2019, the latest set of exclusive rankings from U.S. News, the Mediterranean diet and DASH diet beat out a pool of other eating plans, including Atkins, Jenny Craig and SlimFast, to win the "Best Diets Overall" crown. Among the 13 commercial diet programs market What Is a low-carb diet? 01/01/2019 07:00pm • First things first: There's no one low-carb diet -- but many, many different approaches. Even with the Atkins diet, there are variations -- including the advice on how many carbs to eat daily. Generally speaking, low-carb diets often call for consuming no more than 20 carbs a day -- taking things How to Incorporate More Quinoa Into Your Diet 01/01/2019 07:00pm • Superfoods are all the rage these days. Certain berries, fish, leafy greens and nuts all fall into that broad classification of foods that can impart big health benefits. Counted among them is a quirky grain-like seed called quinoa that you may be hearing more about these days. What Is Quinoa?Cultiv U.S. News Best Diets: How We Rated 41 Eating Plans 01/01/2019 07:00pm • Diets come and go, teasing and tempting with dreams of that elusive hot body. Eat what you want! Pounds melt away overnight! The reality, as frustrated dieters know well, is that dieting is hard, and frankly, most diets don't work. Some can even threaten your health. And digging out the truth abou Low-calorie diets: A basic guide 01/01/2019 07:00pm • It's easy to see the appeal of low-calorie diets if you're trying to lose weight. Shedding pounds is a matter of basic math: If you burn more calories than you consume, you'll lose weight. You could even drop pounds by eating mostly Twinkies, snack chips and sugary cereals, if you keep the calorie c U.S. News' 41 best diets overall 01/01/2019 07:00pm • The Best Diets Overall U.S. News evaluated and ranked 41 diets with input from a panel of health experts. To be top-rated, a diet had to be safe, relatively easy to follow, nutritious and effective for weight loss. It also had to be stellar at preventing diabetes and heart disease. Click on to se What is a low-fat diet? 01/01/2019 07:00pm • Back in the 1980s and 90s, low-fat diets were trendier than paleo, keto and Whole30 diets combined. Open up any lifestyle magazine and you'd find low-fat recipes and weight-loss success stories. The reasoning -- that less fat in your food would translate to less fat in your body -- seemed intuitive. The 41 easiest diets to follow 01/01/2019 07:00pm • 41 diets ranked by how well each one helps dieters stay on board Hard work is always going to be part of the diet equation, but some plans and approaches are easier to follow than others. U.S. News' Easiest Diets to Follow list ranks 41 popular diets. The highest scorers are typically tasty, flex The 14 Best Diets to Prevent and Manage Diabetes 01/01/2019 07:00pm • Diet or diabetes: You decide.An estimated 30 million people in the U.S. -- or nearly 1 in 10 -- have diabetes. Diet is a crucial tool for managing the disease, and weight loss can help people who are overweight prevent Type 2 diabetes. Prevention is particularly important when you consider that diab