In 1946, Harry Truman said, "A nation is only as healthy as its children." What have we done to ours?

More than 12.5 million children are overweight in the U.S., up from 13 % in 1999. One would expect schools to be encouraging students to exercise more. One would be sadly mistaken.

I’m not going to tell you to kill your television. I’m a pacifist. But how about a little habit changing? Just push that little button on your remote that says “off.”

With the link between soda and obesity now conclusive, consider the damage being done to our children. There should be a fee on soda and other sweetened beverages.

For the life of me, I can't figure out why every single American isn't eating a healthy diet. I can't believe that there's one person who wants to be fat, at risk of disease, lethargic, foggy and achy.

To break the cycle of conditioned hypereating we must redirect our automatic response to the kinds of foods that cause us to overeat.

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

We are suffering ever-growing rates of obesity and worsening health caused by weight problems. Stress is a leading cause of this modern-day epidemic.

Successful weight loss may be just a podcast away. But what's on that podcast could make the difference between losing a modest amount of weight and ...

Two fascinating studies that just came out prove a link between sleep deprivation and diabetes.

"The food industry has huge culpability as to why we in America find ourselves where we are," Dr. Ian said. "The food industry is not a non-profit agency. They are in it for the profits."

I advocate for our kids to become more balanced. Stressful organized sports take away from family time, and the experience no longer remains a simple and pleasurable experience.

In a recent study, more than half the women trying to lose weight were not overweight. Why do people who are not overweight think they need to lose weight?

Why, in a time when all we hear is news about the trouble with obesity, are people NOT eating healthy?