Why are you gaining weight? Which foods are best for dieters? And what are the secrets of the "skinniest state"? Those topics are among the 10 most viewed diet stories on WebMD for 2008.

The way readers find information will continue to shift. It’s stressful to articulate an issue and seek out an answer, and I suspect most Americans will want to cut out stress from their lives. And ...

MyFitnessPal, a free smart-phone app and website, did better than any of the commercial diet plans, including Weight Watchers. It received a reader satisfaction score of 83 out of a possible 100.