For some people, tracking food and calorie intake can be helpful for promoting weight loss or management. Research shows that people who log calories lose more weight and are more likely to keep ...

Losing weight often boils down to a simple equation: calories in, calories out (CICO). This simply means you have to consume ...

The average American consumes more than 3,600 calories daily – a 24% increase from 1961, when the average was just 2,880 calories. Americans haven't increased their consumption of all food and ...

Official calorie advice has barely changed since the 1990s, when women were told to stick to 2,000 calories a day to keep a steady weight, while 2,500 were recommended for men.