Thought all Internet-based weight loss programs were a waste of time? Think again. According to a Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research study published in the open access Journal of Medical Internet Research, the more people used an interactive weight management website, the more weight loss they maintained.

Blame your aunt for those hips? Think you’ve inherited your dad’s belly? You may be on to something. The age-old question of why men store fat in their bellies and women store it in their hips may have finally been answered: Genetically speaking, the fat tissue is almost completely different, according to research conducted by UT Southwestern Medical Center and published in the International Journal of Obesity.