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Skinny People Just Don't Get It

Joseph J. Colella, M.D. | Posted 03.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Joseph J. Colella, M.D.

America's appetite is out of control. Yes, we have an obesity epidemic. But far more disconcerting is the rampant lack of understanding and compassion for the daily, minute-to-minute struggle that the vast majority contend with being overweight or obese.

Food Fight: Fat Taxes Won't Slim Down Americans

Steven Kurlander | Posted 04.22.2013 | Healthy Living
Steven Kurlander

Politicians eager to raise more revenue for dwindling coffers caused in part by higher medical costs associated with obesity are now pigging out on the idea of implementing a "fat tax" of high caloric, sugary and fatty foods to curb American's unhealthy appetites.

Melissa McCarthy Is Obese -- So What?

Juliet Jeske | Posted 04.12.2013 | Entertainment
Juliet Jeske

In his recent review of Identity Theft , film critic Rex Reed refers to Melissa McCarthy as tractor-sized, humongous, obese and a female hippo. Haven't we had enough already? Could we just move on from talking about the size of any actor or actress?

Will Taking Away Your Stomach Stop the Hunger in Your Head?

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD | Posted 03.16.2013 | Healthy Living
Judith J. Wurtman, PhD

There is no surgery, no drug, nor herbal remedies or diets that surrender total control of our eating to the stomach. Surgery to make the stomach look like a banana rather than an apple will be the answer to permanent weight loss only when we understand why we are overeating.

The Last Acceptable Prejudice in America

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 12.11.2012 | Healthy Living
Dr. Jonny Bowden

Prejudice against the obese is the last "acceptable" prejudice in America. The overweight are treated differently. They're looked at differently. They're stared at, sneered at, and discriminated against.

The Real Cost Of Losing Weight

Bloomberg News | Nikhil Hutheesing | Posted 10.10.2012 | Home

Lady Gaga, who put on some weight recently, announced in September that she was "proud at any size." Having a healthy body image is great, and in the ...

Bullies Learn from their Parents

Eva Glettner | Posted 12.04.2012 | Parents
Eva Glettner

They watch the way you snicker with your friends or make off-handed comments about the way that someone looks. They absorb everything. You are their first teacher. You are their role model. You are their everything. This is a huge responsibility.

Obesity and Self-Image: Are the Two Connected?

Helene Pavlov, M.D. | Posted 12.02.2012 | Healthy Living
Helene Pavlov, M.D.

Recent research shows that poor self-perception about weight actually contributes to obesity -- especially in teens.

Fatter, Slower, Sicker

Timi Gustafson, R.D. | Posted 10.13.2012 | Healthy Living
Timi Gustafson, R.D.

The vast majority of Americans still consider their food choices as a personal matter and exercise of individual freedom that should not be regulated or interfered with. That's understandable, but the consequences are plain to see.

School Rules = Lower Obesity

Claire Moshenberg | Posted 10.31.2012 | Parents
Claire Moshenberg

What makes it more likely that an overweight or obese 5th grader won't remain obese by the 8th grade? Location, location, location!

Obesity: How We Got Here

Jeff Halevy | Posted 05.30.2012 | Healthy Living
Jeff Halevy

I find that amongst those who do not believe obesity is a serious health problem, there are a few common misunderstandings and errors in logic.

The Fight Against Obesity Starts With Respect!

Chris Reid | Posted 05.16.2012 | Healthy Living
Chris Reid

Obese people are bullied and often treated with disrespect, even by people who are otherwise kind, considerate individuals. People like us.

Southern Fried Pancreas

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 03.24.2012 | Healthy Living
Jeff Schweitzer

The collective reaction to Paula Deen's diabetes announcement tells us much about our attitude toward health and nutrition. Of course nobody is shocked at the news, but many commentators missed an opportunity to make a bigger point.

Fitness and Obesity Trends to Watch for in 2012: It's Not a Small World After All

Carole Carson | Posted 03.11.2012 | Healthy Living
Carole Carson

By 2020, four out of five of your friends, coworkers, family members and neighbors will be overweight or obese, and half of them will be diabetic or prediabetic. Today's reality, however, does not dictate the future.

How Personality Can Influence Your Weight

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D. | Posted 02.20.2012 | Healthy Living
Judith S. Beck, Ph.D.

What's your personality? Are you self-disciplined and orderly, or are you more on the indulgent and impulsive side? Recent research from the National Institute of Health suggests that these personality traits could very well help determine your weight.

Where 50% Of The People Are Obese And Don't Know It

Posted 05.07.2013 | Latino Voices

Fox News Latino: An estimated 50 percent of the population in Paraguay is obese and many of them don't even know it, the Ministry of Health said We...

When Bullying Takes A Toll On Children's Health

Joanna Dolgoff, M.D. | Posted 10.01.2011 | Healthy Living
Joanna Dolgoff, M.D.

The perception surrounding obesity is that it's caused by a lack of exercise and overeating, however, the condition is often driven by other factors, one of which is bullying.

Obese Man Who Hadn't Moved From Recliner In Two Years Dies

AP | Posted 05.31.2011 | Home

BELLAIRE, Ohio -- Media reports say a morbidly obese man who hadn't moved from his recliner in two years and had to be cut out of his Ohio home when h...

Obesity: Character Flaw Or Neurochemical Disease?

Carole Carson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Carole Carson

The reality is that obesity is a chronic, relapsing, neurochemical disease with a genetic basis. Simply telling an obese person to "eat less and exercise more" is overly simplistic and demonstrably ineffective

BREAKTHROUGH: Can 'Brown Fat' Injections Combat Obesity?

Carly Schwartz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

Can you fight fat with fat? If a recent study posted by our friends at io9 is any indication, researchers may have discovered a way to transform white...

World's Fattest Countries 2010 (PHOTOS): GlobalPost Report

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

Pacific Islanders struggle with the highest levels of obesity around the world, according to a new GlobalPost report. Writer Emily Stone cites 201...

Oregon Has Lowest Rate Of Childhood Obesity

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

CHICAGO — What's the magic in Oregon that keeps kids lean? It's a mystery health officials would like to solve as they admit all states are fail...

"Up in the Air" Overweight! Then Chances Are You Need Two Seats On Southwest Airlines! What Are Your Chances of Landing a High Paying Job?

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Stephen Viscusi

By Stephen Viscusi Recently the headlines were filled with the story about movie director, Kevin Smith, who directed "Cop Out". He was asked to l...

Why Doesn't Exercise Lead To Weight Loss?

nytimes.com | Gretchen Reynolds | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Few people, an overwhelming body of research shows, achieve significant weight loss with exercise alone, not without changing their eating habits. A n...

Obesity Risk In Adulthood For Anxious Kids

forbes.com | Thomas F. Cooley | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

Children with emotional difficulties have a greater risk of becoming obese in adulthood, new research has found....