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Stay-thin strategies
Stay-thin strategies Lifetime weight history  Successful losers and the always thin do a lot of the same things—and they do them more frequently than failed dieters do. For the dietary strategies...
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Diet plan: 6 secrets of the slim
Diet plan: 6 secrets of the slim Through statistical analyses, we were able to identify six key behaviors that correlated the most strongly with having a healthy body mass index (BMI), a measure of...
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Realistic expectations: A key to dieting success
Realistic expectations: A key to dieting success Sixty-six percent of our respondents, all subscribers to Consumer Reports, were overweight as assessed by their body mass index; that's the same...
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Dieting on a budget
Dieting on a budget Videos Photos VIDEO: Â Â Videos Photos Are you overweight? A body mass index under 25 is considered normal weight; from 25 to 29, overweight; and 30 or above, obese. Here's how to...
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Rich sources of nutrients that cost pennies per serving
Rich sources of nutrients that cost pennies per serving Although healthful foods often cost more than high-calorie junk such as cookies and soda, we unearthed some encouraging exceptions. As...
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Downturn diet: healthful eating on a budget
Downturn diet: healthful eating on a budget It's sad but true: Healthful foods such as fruits and vegetables can be more expensive, serving for serving, than potato chips and candy bars. But that...
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Chocolate calcium chews: Ratings, Claims
Chocolate calcium chews: Ratings, Claims Have some calcium with your chocolate MMM ... nutrients  Like the other supplements, Adora had the claimed amount of calcium. Apparently, more companies are...
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Risky Drivers - from Consumer Reports
Risky Drivers - from Consumer Reports Statistics show that overall ... teens and older drivers are involved in far more crashes and highway fatalities than any other age group. Risky Drivers Subscribe...
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Vacuum Cleaners - from Consumer Reports
Vacuum Cleaners - from Consumer Reports Consumer Reports' tests of more than 100 upright and canister vacuum cleaners show, that when it comes to cleaning, beauty can be more than skin deep! Vacuum...
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Children's fleece sets recalled due to zippers' lead levels
Children's fleece sets recalled due to zippers' lead levels More than 6,000 sets of children's fleece jackets and shirts with Disney characters are being recalled by retail giant Target. According to...
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5 tricks for scaring up Halloween bargains
5 tricks for scaring up Halloween bargains Halloween pop-up stores, which typically materialize a month or two before October 31 and disappear shortly thereafter, have become as sure a sign of the...
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Multivitamins to prevent cancer? Not so fast.
Multivitamins to prevent cancer? Not so fast. A study out today in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that multivitamins might help prevent cancer. Does that mean you should...
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Medicare open enrollment: Why should I sign up for Part B or Part D if I'm...
Medicare open enrollment: Why should I sign up for Part B or Part D if I'm healthy? I recently got a question from a woman who wondered why she should sign up for Medicare Part B, which covers doctor...
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Does the Verismo coffeemaker deliver true Starbucks flavor?
Does the Verismo coffeemaker deliver true Starbucks flavor? With nearly 18,000 retail stores in 60 countries, Starbucks certainly has a loyal fan base. But not all of its devotees want to schlep to...
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Breville unseats stand-mixer champ KitchenAid in our tests
Breville unseats stand-mixer champ KitchenAid in our tests It's been many batches of cookies dough since a brand other than KitchenAid occupied the top spot in our Ratings of stand mixers. Indeed, the...
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Wireless carriers on track to provide overage alerts to customers
Wireless carriers on track to provide overage alerts to customers Good news for anyone who's suffered from bill shock: The FCC announced today that wireless carriers have fulfilled their commitment to...
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Shingles vaccine can help prevent the disease in older adults
Shingles vaccine can help prevent the disease in older adults Older adults who get the shingles vaccine can cut their risk of this painful condition in half, according to a study out today....
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Medicare open enrollment: Will Obamacare end Medicare Advantage?
Medicare open enrollment: Will Obamacare end Medicare Advantage? Q. I keep hearing rumors that the federal government will stop reimbursing Medicare Advantage plans in a year or two and people insured...
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JVC's new BlackSapphire TV boasts pumped-up sound
JVC's new BlackSapphire TV boasts pumped-up sound To add better out-of-the-box TV sound to the home-theater experience, JVC's new 55-inch LCD TV, in a new BlackSapphire line of passive 3D TVs,...
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National do-not-call list hits 217 million phone numbers, FTC wants to stop...
National do-not-call list hits 217 million phone numbers, FTC wants to stop illegal robocalls The Federal Trade Commission says more than 217 million phone numbers are now on the national Do Not Call...
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