It’s time to bury the world’s most misleading measure.

What it’s like to be too big in America.

The agonies of being overweight—or running a diet company—in a culture that likes to pretend it only cares about health, not size.

How detox teas laced with laxatives took over Instagram.

Scrutinizing the gluten-free craze.

The American medical establishment has gone to extraordinary lengths—some of which read like conspiracy theory—to discredit the notion (and its most visible promoter, Dr. Atkins) that carbohydrates, not fat, are the cause of obesity. It looks like they were wrong.