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Peter Shankman: Skip the Moderation, Track Your Data, & Lose Weight
Peter Shankman: Skip the Moderation, Track Your Data, & Lose Weight
Peter Shankman, founder of HARO, recently adopted new healthy habits and dropped nearly 40 pounds. Read on to see how dedication and data tracking helped this jack-of-many-trades take back control... Read more...
Lipedema: The Disease They Call FAT
Lipedema: The Disease They Call FAT
What if we told you that a serious disorder affecting up to 11% of women worldwide is barely recognized by medical practitioners? That’s the case with lipedema, a fat tissue... Read more...
Success Story: Alisa and Tom Cutter
Success Story: Alisa and Tom Cutter
Find out how lifelong sweethearts Alisa and Tom Cutter shed a collective 120 pounds and got fit with the aid of a Withings scale and the Lose It! app. Read... Read more...
Weight Loss Success Story: Calvin Smith
Weight Loss Success Story: Calvin Smith
Four years ago, tipping the scale at 250 pounds, Calvin Smith didn’t like what he saw in the mirror. His sedentary lifestyle, stressful job, and emotional eating had taken a... Read more...
The Secret to Manon’s Weight Loss
The Secret to Manon’s Weight Loss
Manon decided to take control of her health and lose weight after her boyfriend proposed to her during a vacation to California. At the time she weighed 194 pounds at... Read more...
5 Vegan Myths Debunked
5 Vegan Myths Debunked
If you’re a vegan, you hear a lot of misconceptions about the vegan diet. While foregoing all animal products may seem extreme to some people, not all vegans are activist... Read more...
Success Story: Jaydeep Bhatia
Success Story: Jaydeep Bhatia
Find out how a tech-loving racecar enthusiast and IT professional lost weight and got in shape with determination, a Withings scale and the Lose It! app. Read on for his... Read more...
Living With Type 1 Diabetes: Carr Hagerman Takes His Health Into His Own Hands
Living With Type 1 Diabetes: Carr Hagerman Takes His Health Into His Own Hands
Find out how this author and producer employs technology to help him control his diabetes, and why he believes beautifully designed connected health devices will continue to transform healthcare. Carr... Read more...
Emily Jillette Helps Penn Keep It Real — Real Healthy
Emily Jillette Helps Penn Keep It Real — Real Healthy
Meet the woman who supports Penn 100% and keeps the Jillette household running on positivity and healthy options for all. If this sounds overly lovey and fawning — it is.... Read more...
Penn’s Friends: Weight Loss Success Story Richard Ross
Penn’s Friends: Weight Loss Success Story Richard Ross
Raise your hand if you’ve never met a renowned marine biologist who enjoys mixed martial arts, glass blowing, and juggling barefoot in a fish store. OK, hands down — you’re... Read more...
Infographic: 16 Reasons Why You’re Always Hungry
Infographic: 16 Reasons Why You’re Always Hungry
Why am I always hungry? Am I just made of crave? What can I do to stop feeling like a failure when faced with food?If you’ve asked yourself any of... Read more...
What is a Healthy BMI? Get the Skinny on Body Mass Index.
What is a Healthy BMI? Get the Skinny on Body Mass Index.
In addition to providing you with the most accurate weight measurements, all Withings smart scales also calculate your Body Mass Index (BMI). Here’s what you should know about this key... Read more...
Mayor Mick Cornett Combats Obesity In Oklahoma City
Mayor Mick Cornett Combats Obesity In Oklahoma City
We were lucky enough to have the opportunity to meet with world renowned obesity expert, Mayor Mick Cornett of Oklahoma City. He gained great recognition after a 2013 TED talk... Read more...
10 Reasons Why You’re Always Hungry
10 Reasons Why You’re Always Hungry
Hunger: The dieter’s final frontier. Despite all your will power, desire to do better, and dedication to beat the bulge, it is still there. When you’re hungry, nothing else seems... Read more...
Food Substitution: How it Can Help You to Lose Weight
Food Substitution: How it Can Help You to Lose Weight
One of the hardest things about losing weight is changing your diet. After all, food is yummy and sometimes comforting. The good news is you don’t have to abandon your... Read more...
10 Celebrities With Weird Dietary Habits
10 Celebrities With Weird Dietary Habits
Celebrities are just like us! Or are they? It turns out that the eccentricities of celebrity are not limited to the clothes they wear or their latest hairstyles. Many celebrities... Read more...
The 10 Best Foods to Jump Start Your Day
The 10 Best Foods to Jump Start Your Day
Your parents were right. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. What you eat for breakfast can help to boost your energy level and to make better food... Read more...
10 surprising ways to lose weight without dieting
10 surprising ways to lose weight without dieting
Dieting to lose weight is often unsuccessful. Completely changing the way you eat overnight can be nearly impossible to sustain. In fact, for many people, just the thought of a... Read more...
High accuracy scales – Why the Withings scales are the most accurate
High accuracy scales – Why the Withings scales are the most accurate
As the inventors of the first connected scale we are committed to keep on improving the whole family’s weigh routine. And we have indeed gradually added systems and new features... Read more...
Position Control™ – for the most accurate weigh ins
Position Control™ – for the most accurate weigh ins
When you are thinking of buying a bathroom scale, the first logical criterion to consider is accuracy. But can your position affect the result? Here’s what to know. Of course... Read more...
What is a Healthy Body Fat Percentage (Lean-to-Fat Ratio)?
What is a Healthy Body Fat Percentage (Lean-to-Fat Ratio)?
The ideal fat-lean ratio varies depending on several key points. Find out what they are, and how Withings smart scales featuring body composition, can help you reach your goals. First... Read more...
Discover www.WeightAndThings.com!
Discover www.WeightAndThings.com!
Ever wondered how many of you it would take to make the heart of a whale? Or how many basket balls you would need to balance on your scale to... Read more...
A Short History of the Weighing Scale
A Short History of the Weighing Scale
Weighing scales have become very high-tech devices. From bathroom scales with Wi-Fi connections to ultra-precise devices used in research or industry, modern scales are able to provide very accurate measures... Read more...