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I’ll admit it: I can be a jerk. When I run into an acquaintance (sometimes even a friend) that has lost a lot of weight I often experience a pang of jealousy. Suddenly, my pants feel very tight and I’m conscious of the fact that I still haven’t lost that frosh fifteen (I graduated in 2001…)

A survey in the UK last year revealed that more women preferred liposuction to exercise. According to the article, “Specifically, 34 percent of women said they would elect to lose excess weight through liposuction, another 26 percent would choose a gastric bypass, and just 14 percent would consider cutting calories. Only two percent of respondents said that they would exercise more to reduce their weight.”

Do I look fat in these genes? If you just can’t seem to keep the weight off no matter how hard you work out, it could be due to your DNA. Here’s how to outsmart your genetic odds.

A new study published in Obesity found that women who've had liposuction may be trading their saddlebags for a tubby tummy, and not losing any fat.

Gary Taubes is no stranger to controversy. In 2002, the New York Times published his heavily debated article on low-carb eating, which he later expanded on in his book Good Calories, Bad Calories. Now he's stirred the pot again, with a new piece in the Times' magazine about the dangers of sugar — all sugar, not just the much-maligned high-fructose corn syrup — which he says could even cause cancer.