A simple tool, the Short Fat Questionnaire (SFQ) developed by researchers at Newcastle University, can be used to assess dietary fat intake and provide education about sources of fat in the diet. The SFQ gives an indication of habitual dietary fat intake from significant fat-containing foods. The SFQ provides an excellent check for obvious fats [...]

Twenty-six-year-old Irene worked as an executive at a major cosmetics firm. Part of her job was to entertain clients, which she did two or three times a week. Usually the entertainment took the form of elaborate buffet dinners at fancy restaurants. For Irene, these meals were a form of delicious torture. During her teen years, [...]

Melissa MacKinnon overcame a lifelong eating disorder by using the mind/body rituals of yoga to change the way she looked at food and at herself. Melissa, of Schenectady, New York, can trace her destructive eating pattern back to the age of 9. “I would starve myself for days before giving in to overwhelming cravings for [...]