A new study assessed which smartwatches are more accurate than others when it comes to estimated calories burned. Spoiler ...

The glowing number at the end of a workout — let’s say 427 calories — looks precise enough to plan dinner around. But if you ...

Calorie counts on smartwatches? Smartwatch calories aren’t always accurate. Here’s what new research says about calorie ...

It’s early in the morning, and Lulu Hunt Peters, MD, sits at her desk, puzzling over the manuscript she’s writing about a miraculous weight-loss method she learned about back in her medical school ...

A new study from the Journal of the American Heart Association has found that intermittent fasting fails to help dieters drop weight, with calorie counting still the most effective way to shed any ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. While you don’t need to count calories to lose fat — and it’s not for everyone — calories always count ...

A new study finds four popular smartwatches missed calorie burn by 15 to 25 percent.

Dieters who count calories for weight loss may want to rethink their strategy. There’s little proof that calorie counting helps shed pounds, according to a top epidemiologist and dietician in the UK, ...

Rather than focus on the number of calories, focus on the differences in the way your body uses that energy. A calorie is a unit of energy that your body uses to survive. Your body doesn’t really care ...

Fitbit calorie burn estimates aren't 100 percent accurate, but no estimate is. Credit: Kiyoshi Ota / Bloomberg via Getty Images Most fitness trackers keep a fair number of the same stats: things like ...

Someone had to invent the concept of counting calories as a way to lose weight, and that someone was Lulu Hunt Peters. As Michelle Stacey writes in a fascinating piece for Smithsonian, Peters had ...