Cook County was awarded a two-year, $16 million federal grant for obesity prevention on Friday. The money comes from the American Recovery and Reinve...
Hooters made news yesterday by admitting what most of us already know: Despite claims that it is best known for its wings, it turns out it is really selling breasts. A Hooters in Detroit - does this city really need any more bad publicity? - recently put 20-year-old Cassandra Smith on probation for gaining weight.
Sugar and its dangers are in the news again, thanks to ABC's popular show, Nightline, which, last night, aired a compelling story spotlighting sugar's role in the obesity crisis.
Though health and the economy are often seen as separate issues, there is a strong business rationale for companies to invest in developing robust and comprehensive health and wellness programs.
If capitalism is a virtue, fat people are saintly. The obese are good consumers. So, stop blaming fat people for doing what companies have urged them to do.
A PA college forces students with a higher BMI to take nutrition and fitness classes. Does this makes sense in the fight against obesity? Audra and Fe...
Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama's announcement of 70 recommendations to help reverse America's obesity epidemic was hailed as a comprehensive, la...
The battle over bake sales, a tenacious civic tradition, has struck a deep chord with home cooks and food historians. Whether in the chaos of New York...
Food companies wanting to do something to prevent childhood obesity are in a bind. Preventing obesity means staying active, eating real, not processed...
Losing weight is all about doing the math. Counting calories has been repeatedly shown to be the most effective way to lose weight and keep it off, but it's difficult for most people to do so.
Walking barefoot through airport security makes little sense if our ports are unprotected. Let's gather the courage to redirect our resources to risks that are high probability and high impact.
Research presented this past weekend at a meeting of the Annual College of Cardiology determined that kids who eat lunches served by their schools are...
Michelle Obama launched her office's Let's Move campaign on February 9 with the clear goal of ending the childhood obesity crisis within a generation....
Each day you eat healthy and exercise goes into your bank of feeling hopeful and good about yourself. As you add to that bank, your self-esteem will escalate.
Evidence suggesting that antibiotics may make people fat is old. As far back as 1955, research published in a leading nutrition journal showed that weight gain may be linked to prolonged antibiotic usage.
Have we lost sight of the overall goal of health care reform -- improving people's health -- by focusing too narrowly on coverage? That's a question I found myself asking last week.
Mind is a zoolander: a fashionable savage hypnotized by society to run random programs without self-awareness.
WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama is urging the nation's largest food companies to speed up efforts to make healthier foods and reduce marketing of un...
NEW YORK — PepsiCo plans to remove sugary drinks from schools worldwide, following the success of programs in the U.S. aimed at cutting down on ...
Donna Simpson currently weighs 600 pounds, so she's going on a diet in hopes of reaching what she considers her ideal weight: 1,000 pounds. The 42-yea...
March 23rd is Diabetes Alert Day. It's a one day "wake-up" call, sponsored by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), for Americans to see if they have type 2 diabetes or are at risk.
The reason why people fall off the fitness wagon or don't get on at all is because we set the bar too high. I urge you to set your fitness bar on the floor so that you'll be able to walk over it.
With a swipe of a food stamp debit card on a handheld credit machine, shoppers at the Harvest Home Farmers Market receive a stack of wooden tokens wor...
As we commemorate National Women's Health Week, let's ensure that our national initiatives in obesity research include a focus on women and girls. Only then will the scales begin to tip towards a healthier future for women in our country.
We all have something at stake in helping all Americans achieve a healthy weight. The Biggest Loser isn't perfect, but it's been an undeniable success in messaging and motivation.
