U.S. News column: 8 Ways to Stick to Your Diet While Friends Indulge

Diet Peer Pressure

It’s tough to stick to a healthy eating plan when those around you are indulging. It’s even tougher when they’re bent on making sure you indulge, too.

Don’t stress it. We’ve got eight tricks at our U.S. News blog that’ll help you stay on course without alienating the not-so-healthy eaters in your life.

Diets Need To Die!

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Dieting is downright frustrating. It works against your body’s natural survival instincts. It also requires a change in a major area of your life that you most likely gives you enjoyment, stress relief, and sometimes an escape from the madness of life. The truth is diets need to die.

5 Mind-Blowing Watermelon Recipes

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Watermelon is delicious, mostly healthy and completely unpredictable in these watermelon recipes. Forget slicing it up summer-side-dish style. Be bold!

Women Food and God: An End to the Food Fight?

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In her guide to food, fat, spirituality and pretty much everything else, does Geneen Roth give us the keys to weight loss and wellbeing at last?

365 Days Without a Pepsi

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My story of going from soda lush to soda free and how you can too. The sun is blazing, the temperature is rising, and you’re stuck outside diggingpost holes for your new fence. An oasis of a Coca-Cola waterfall is all you can see rising up from the pavement three blocks away.

Drop the “Freshman 15”: Six Food Rules for Students

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College weight gain is common: With labs, lectures and late-night study sessions, we eat fast food, guzzle caffeine and think “I’ll deal with my body in four years.”

Good news: you CAN gain a diploma without gaining 30 pounds. Just follow these college nutrition commandments.

What Diet Are You On?

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There are so many diet plans out there. How do you decide which one is right for you? And then, how do you stick to it?

The Truth About Addiction (and How to Kick It!)

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It’s a familiar scenario: we cut ice cream from our diet. Then one wrong turn—we have a cone—and it’s all over. We stress out, get mad at ourselves, and seek solace in another scoop. We’re hooked. What now?