Sarah is an experienced writer and editor enthusiastic about helping readers live their healthiest and happiest lives. Before joining Forbes Health, Sarah worked as a writer for various digital ...

Counting calories may help anyone wanting to safely lose or gain weight. However, it is also important to get calories from healthful sources and to sleep and exercise in the right amounts while ...

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 ...

Over 86 million people in the U.S. use some kind of fitness or calorie-tracking app, making them one of the most common, easily accessible data-crunching tools around. Their appeal is ...

In today's health-conscious world, conversations around food often revolve around numbers, calories in, calories out. But as more people begin to question the emotional and psychological impact of ...

The promise is seductive: Snap a photo of your meal, and artificial intelligence will instantly tell you exactly how many calories you're consuming. No more tedious ...

This is only the latest in a series of public health campaigns and diet pitches which rest on the idea that all it takes to get healthy is some self-control and basic arithmetic. Ever since the ...

Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing daily life and how to make the most of it. This includes writing about consumer AI products and their real-world impact, from ...

It might be time to trade your calculator for a calendar. New research suggests that fasting just three days a week could lead to more weight loss and better health outcomes than constantly counting ...