Chantix is a prescription medication designed to help smokers quit the habit. The pill is nicotine-free, which is a marked difference from some smoking cessation products on the market, and it allows smokers to keep smoking for the first week of their treatment.

A sedentary person is one who doesn't spend enough time being active, which according to the MayoClinic.com means completing less than two hours of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous activity weekly. The number of calories your body burns in a sedentary state is determined by your basal metabolic rate, or BMR.

You're thrilled with the prospect of losing weight and creating a new physique, but you're not so jazzed about the possibility that your breasts may sag if you lose weight. Yo-yo dieting exacerbates the natural sag that results from gravity, pregnancy, breast-feeding and adolescent growth spurts.

Low-calcium diets may be used to treat hypercalcemia, which is the presence of too much calcium in the bloodstream. Your doctor may prescribe a low-calcium diet as an adjunct to other medical treatment for hypercalcemia.

When women lose weight, they usually want their hips and belly to shrink -- not their breasts. You can't control from where you lose fatty tissue when you lose weight, though. The amount your chest reduces depends on your genetics and the amount of weight you lose.

Oatmeal is a whole grain, making it a healthy part of any diet. Oats are fiber-rich and contain no saturated fat. Like any food, though, too much oatmeal, or versions dressed in sugary toppings, can cause you to overshoot your calorie goals and interfere with weight loss.

Although depression has genetic, social and environmental components, your risk of developing depression is 1.5 to three times higher if someone in your family has depression. Antidepressants, which include Wellbutrin, are the third most prescribed medications in America.

Fresh fruit in an array of colors is visually appealing and full of nutrients that are essential to human health. But when fruit is stored improperly, or when it is processed, it can lose much of its nutritional value.

Losing 20 pounds in three months isn't a simple task, but using a jump rope is a fun, inexpensive way to shed those extra pounds. Depending on how fast you jump and how much you weigh, you could burn over 1,000 calories per hour of rope jumping without investing more than $5.

HCG refers to human chorionic gonadotrophin, a pregnancy hormone excreted through the urine. HCG is used along with a very-low-calorie diet to produce rapid, significant weight loss. The hormone is available by prescription and over the counter.

Statins are used to lower cholesterol. These drugs work by blocking a substance your body needs to make cholesterol; they may also help your body reabsorb cholesterol that has built up on artery walls.

Reality weight-loss shows depict contestants stepping on the scale and achieving big losses week after week. You want the same results. But, losing 20 pounds in one month is no easy feat for the average person.