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Weight loss fads may come and go, but in the end, your weight is determined by the difference between the number of calories you consume and the number of calories of energy you use.  

In the Madison episode of X-Weighted Families Season 4, we met her Mom, Michelle. Michelle was struggling to be a role model for her daughter: Madison knew that her mom was unhappy with her appearance. Seeing Michelle change and grow until she was a fantastic role model was powerful and inspiring.

When you first make the switch to eating healthy, especially if you aren't exactly an expert when it comes to nutrition, it can seem awfully expensive.

Childhood obesity rates are spiraling out of control. It is not uncommon to find young obese adults afflicted with Type 2 Diabetes, high blood pressure, cholesterol abnormalities, fatty livers, heart disease and stroke. It is becoming more common to find children afflicted with these conditions that previously only occurred in adults, and my colleague pediatricians are dealing with chronic illnesses once regarded exclusively as adult diseases. The following is a primer on the psychological and medical complications of childhood obesity.

Eating healthy is never completely easy.  Discriminating between decent and disastrous processed food is tough.

I think that when it comes to hair, one of the biggest challenges that people with bigger bodies face is proportion. Curvy bodies require curvy hair, that's just the way it is. The shorter or flatter the hair, the smaller the head becomes in relation to the rest of the body. So, if you have a full figure, there should always be fullness in the hair. There is no prescribed hair-do that is best for someone that is bigger, but certainly the relationship between the shape of the hair and the body needs to be considered.

For some participants, being on X-Weighted seems to result in the end of their relationships. Fred Connors jokes, “I always say, if you want to get divorced go on X-Weighted!” After doing so many follow-up interviews with participants, we at XWeighted.com couldn’t help wondering why is it that this seems to happen so regularly?

In one episode we saw how Connor’s mom Jenny initially had to battle to get her family on the right track, but over the course of their X-Weighted journey everyone came on board and embraced a healthier lifestyle.

On last night’s episode we saw how Paige had an aversion to anything green, which is a common complaint from the children we meet on X-Weighted Families. When kids refuse to eat healthy foods, what can we as parents do to help change their minds and tempt them to eat healthy foods?

In the Madison episode of X-Weighted Families Season 4, we met her Mom, Michelle. Michelle was struggling to be a role model for her daughter: Madison knew that her mom was unhappy with her appearance. Seeing Michelle change and grow until she was a fantastic role model was powerful and inspiring.