“If you’ve ever stepped on the scale and wondered, ‘Why am I gaining weight so fast?”, know that you’re not alone,” assures Sean Bourke, MD, Founder and Chief Medical Officer of JumpstartMD.

You may lose weight when you have diarrhea or loose, watery stool as a result of lost fluid. But you also can experience an unintentional and rapid weight gain with diarrhea. Causes of weight gain and ...

Have you ever stepped on the scale in the morning only to find an alarming increase from the day before? Before panic sets in, it’s important to understand that rapid weight changes rarely represent ...

The common practice of adding cereal to a baby's bottle to help introduce solid foods might cause rapid weight gain in some infants. Photo by Adobe Stock/HealthDay News Adding cereal to a baby's ...

When you start exercising, the hormone that controls appetite—ghrelin—goes down, which means you don’t feel very hungry. At ...

Rapid weight gain in an infant's first six months of life is a risk factor for child- and adulthood obesity, according to researchers. "Growth is a sign of nutritional intake and development, an ...

The teenage years are a tough time for everyone. Self-doubt, hormone changes, and self-esteem issues all contribute to the mood changes, stress, and struggles of early adolescence. Teen girls often ...