Weight loss

Just like today, weight loss regimes were big business in the 1960s. From downing all the booze you could drink to guzzling shots of oil before every meal, here are some of the craziest retro dieting tips. All the alcohol you can drink: One of the best-selling diet books of all time was the The […]

Jessica Simpson’s second child is due in a matter of weeks… and she’s proud to say she hasn’t gained nearly as much weight this time around. The singer stacked on 27kgs last year while pregnant with her first child, daughter Maxwell, but this time she’s managed to keep her cravings in check – with amazing […]

Celebrities seem to snap back into shape like rubber bands after giving birth, but Isla Fisher says her body will never be the same post-baby - and she's glad.

You eat well, exercise, yet your weight keeps climbing. As dietician Susie Burrell explains, it could be due to a hormone problem. Sally was a slim kid and she remained thin throughout her 20s and 30s. By the time she’d hit her mid-40s, however, things had changed. By this age, Sally was performing a supreme […]

You know that lack of sleep is making you tired but scientists say it could also make you gain weight. A US study which observed participants who slept for just five hours each night found that they gained more weight over a week, and when they returned to adequate sleeping patterns, they shed weight. Researchers […]

Trying to lose weight? It’s all well and good to watch what you eat, but a new study has shown that keeping an eye on the clock is just important as counting those calories. Researchers found that people who eat their main meal earlier in the day have a better chance of shedding weight than […]

Her super-svelte figure made her famous but as she approaches 50, Liz Hurley has abandoned her quest for slimness - and thinks other older women should too.

She sparked worldwide controversy when she wrote about putting her seven-year-old daughter on a diet — now Dara-Lynn Weiss has admitted her approach was far from perfect. Weiss opened up about her daughter Bea’s battle with her weight in the April 2012 issue of US Vogue. The now-infamous article went viral, prompting a deluge of […]

Nigella Lawson's voluptuous figure made her an international sex symbol almost overnight, but there's now a lot less of the star for fans to love.

From a sauna suit that promises to help you “lose inches in moisture” while doing the housework to air shorts that “massage” the body into a slimmer shape, 1970s fitness equipment was vastly different to the treadmills of today. Instead of working up a sweat jogging, 70s men and women preferred to perspire in plastic […]