Caroline J. Cederquist, M.D.

Calorie In Alcohol - Liquid Calories Count, Even If They Don't Register

When researchers go looking for trends that might explain the nation's obesity epidemic, most agree on at least one thing: Americans have a drinking problem. It's not only alcohol. It's everythingâ€"sodas, sport drinks, specialty coffees and teas, fru... Read >

Dining Out, Weighing In: Restaurant Meals Are Higher in Calories

With two out of three Americans overweight today, it's getting harder to believe that all this extra fat is a simple problem of self-indulgence or poor personal discipline. In fact, researchers and clinicians from various sciences say unequivocally ... Read >

Life Lost to Obesity: Not Just Quality

With two out of three Americans overweight today, we're learning more and more about the numerous ways that carrying excess weight can really affect our health and diminish our quality of life. But you may not have heard the hard facts about how over... Read >

Breast Cancer — A Growing Danger for Overweight Men and Women

Talk about breast cancer and naturally, people think of the disease that is the number one cancer among women. But the truth is that breast cancer is on the rise among both women and men, and researchers think the national obesity crisis may be to blame.... Read >

Healthy Relationship: Is It Possible To Have A Normal Relationship With Food?

Do you sometimes feel like food is the enemy? If you're overweight, the odds are high that you view food with deep suspicion. But even if you're not overweight, you might have the same dim view. Many normal weighted people do. Defining food as the enem... Read >

The Glycemic Index: Good Carb, Bad Carb

If you're one of those people who can't stand all the counting and tracking and adding and charting that some diets require, you could find a refuge in one simple numerical scale: the glycemic index. On the other hand, you might find it another maddening ... Read >