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556-Pound Man With 70-Pound Tumor Faces 2 Risky Surgeries

HuffingtonPost.com | Ron Dicker | Posted 02.06.2013 | Healthy Living

Scot Jacobson, a 556-pound Oregon man, has a 70-pound tumor he calls "Wilson," after the volleyball featured in the movie "Cast Away." It's just somet...

What You Are Looking For Is Not in the Refrigerator

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 04.06.2013 | Healthy Living
Irene Rubaum-Keller

This is the time of year when that weight-loss resolution tends to get a little... slack. Maybe you have lost a couple pounds, but the work it takes to lose more -- and keep off the few you have lost -- gets old. You need to re-motivate yourself and decide once again what you really want.

Being American Is Bad for Your Health

Marty Kaplan | Posted 04.06.2013 | Politics
Marty Kaplan

Stark income inequality and poverty separate us from other wealthy nations, who also have more generous safety nets and demonstrate greater social mobility than we do. In America, the best predictor of good or bad health is the income level of your zip code.

USDA's New "Competitive" School Food Rules -- What You Need to Know

Bettina Elias Siegel | Posted 04.06.2013 | Home
Bettina Elias Siegel

After months of delay, the USDA released its proposed rules governing the nutritional quality of so-called "competitive" foods and beverages offered on school campuses.  Here's an overview of the rules' key provisions and my take on some of the big issues to watch.

What No One Ever Says About The Fat Lady

Brittany Gibbons | Posted 04.04.2013 | Women
Brittany Gibbons

Reminding me I'm fat, shaming me, didn't scare me into thinness -- it locked me in a closet with my emotions and a secret stash of food.

The Super Bowl Halftime Show Should Not Be Promoting a Public Health Threat

Kristin Van Busum | Posted 04.03.2013 | Home
Kristin Van Busum

Today's public does not recognize the public health danger associated with sugar-sweetened soda. But with the advance of public awareness, it's possible that images of Beyoncé with the Pepsi logo painted on her lips might be reserved for history books.

Study Grades the Nutritional Quality of Fast-Food Menus

Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D. | Posted 04.02.2013 | Healthy Living
Ayala Laufer-Cahana, M.D.

From a nutritional point of view, if we were to invent the worst diet ever -- one with a component list designed uniquely for unhealthy weight gain and cardiovascular and metabolic morbidity -- we'd be hard pressed to imagine one worse than the typical fast food regimen.

All the Wrong Questions

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 03.31.2013 | Politics
David Katz, M.D.

If "the people" does not, and cannot, mean all people, and if the Founders did not further specify which people -- then that is a question we are obligated to ask and answer. Which people? And, similarly, what arms?

Want To Lose Weight? Head For The Park

Jackie Ostfeld | Posted 03.31.2013 | Healthy Living
Jackie Ostfeld

Did you know that access to parks and green spaces increase physical fitness? Seems obvious, right, but now there is a growing body of evidence demonstrating that parks are good for your health.

Answering Mark Bittman: Why Does Beyoncè Think It's OK to Sell Pepsi?

Rajiv Narayan | Posted 03.30.2013 | Entertainment
Rajiv Narayan

New York Times food journalist Mark Bittman asked, "Why Do Stars Think It's OK to Sell Soda?" The question is brilliant, but goes unanswered -- a rhetorical question where perhaps we'd do better than to take the answer for granted.

Stop Typecasting Overweight Kids

Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH | Posted 03.30.2013 | Healthy Living
Randi Hutter Epstein, MD, MPH

The Duke Healthy Lifestyle program includes talking to children -- mostly adolescents -- and their families about healthy eating, and providing them with a fitness routine at a local gym. A program for the entire family to do together.

Baltimore vs. San Francisco: A Health Showdown

Posted 01.28.2013 | Healthy Living

In the days leading up to the Super Bowl, there will be plenty of talk about the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers, as well as their respec...

Bearing With Coke: Soft Drinks, Hard Choices

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 03.28.2013 | Healthy Living
David Katz, M.D.

I share my colleagues' visceral opposition to everything Coke. But I think we may be letting our abdominal viscera get the better of vital organs situated higher up.

Let's Put Our Plates Together: A Letter to the Food Industry

Linda Novick O'Keefe | Posted 03.27.2013 | Impact
Linda Novick O'Keefe

As part of the food community, we have a responsibility to do our part and play a role in combating childhood obesity. The answer is prevention, and promoting the importance of family dinners is a terrific place for our community to lead the war against obesity-related disease.

High-Fructose Corn Syrup Consumption Plummets

The Huffington Post | Joe Satran | Posted 02.27.2013 | Taste

Americans consumed less high-fructose corn syrup in 2011 than at any point since 1997, Bloomberg reported this week. The USDA estimates that the avera...

Why Do We Women Denigrate Our Own Bodies?

Kristen Houghton | Posted 03.27.2013 | Women
Kristen Houghton

We have such unlovely terms to describe our bodies. How good can you feel about yourself if you use those expressions to define parts of your own body? Not very. I think we're going too far with personal insults we aim at ourselves.

SNAP to It: Why We Need Changes to Food Assistance

Meghan Hall | Posted 03.27.2013 | Home
Meghan Hall

The image of food insecurity now is an overweight child with a low-quality diet, and SNAP should be changed to reflect that. But there are prevailing concerns regarding the ethics of restricting choice for lower-income groups and creating an exclusion that will target them.

Parents, Don't Let Beyoncé, Let's Move! Spokeswoman, Tell Your Kids To Guzzle Pepsi

Nancy Huehnergarth | Posted 03.26.2013 | Parents
Nancy Huehnergarth

A noisy grassroots uprising against Beyoncé could get other celebrities to back off from endorsing non-nutritious products to impressionable kids. Remember, once upon a time, celebrities regularly promoted tobacco products. Now, they wouldn't be caught dead hawking cigarettes.

Health Minister: You Can Spot Poor Children By How Fat They Are

The Huffington Post | Eleanor Goldberg | Posted 01.23.2013 | Impact

Britain’s public health minister says she easily can spot a poor person by the amount of fat on her body. “When I go to my constituency, in fa...

Why Downplaying the Obesity Epidemic, Even in a Single Story, is Hazardous to Public Health

Becky Hand | Posted 03.25.2013 | Healthy Living
Becky Hand

The headlines this time of year usually tell us how to shed pounds fast and get healthy with a pill, a gadget, or a procedure. This year, however, the message has been slightly different.

Contemplation: A Healthy State of Mind

Wray Herbert | Posted 03.25.2013 | Science
Wray Herbert

Many people do not have a scale, and what's more, do not want one. Or if they have one, they never use it. There are many explanations for such avoidance.

10 Ways Parents Can Take Responsibility for Child Obesity

Debbie Gisonni | Posted 03.24.2013 | Parents
Debbie Gisonni

While it's encouraging to see so many community leaders taking the issue of childhood obesity to heart, ultimately, this is a parent's responsibility. If you want your children to be healthy and fit, you need to set boundaries and be the best role model you can.

Why I Won't Listen to Beyonce

Dr. Maya Rockeymoore | Posted 03.23.2013 | Black Voices
Dr. Maya Rockeymoore

You would have to be living in a bubble to have missed the news that Beyonce cut a reported $50 million deal with PepsiCo. Although the deal may meet Beyonce's and Pepsi's mutually-beneficial marketing needs, it does not serve the best interests of the U.S. public.

Wisconsin Mom Loses 222 Pounds, Becomes Triathlete

Posted 01.18.2013 | Sports

From dangerously obese to fabulously fit, a Wisconsin mom-turned-triathlete is now talking openly about how she overhauled her life by losing more tha...

WATCH: 'Honest' Version Of Coca-Cola's Anti-Obesity Ad

Posted 01.17.2013 | Home

Coca-Cola's first anti-obesity ad was released this week. Here it is: The spot gives Coca-Cola a lot of pats on the back for things like listin...