What's happening to our kids mostly reflects what is happening among adults. We are becoming too fat and too sedentary, with large and growing gaps along lines of race, income, and schooling.
From the country who gave us both Harajuku and Ninja Warrior, we now get a new trend. Japan has an aggressive yet motherly new public health mission of reducing the national waistline.
Air travel just got more dangerous. A new report just came out indicating that flying strains the hearts of people with sleep apnea.
CHICAGO — The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new...
CHICAGO — The percentage of American children who are overweight or obese appears to have leveled off after a 25-year increase, according to new...
Waist size affects sleep quality. But "short sleepers" are also more likely to be obese. So we should focus on the things we can do to reach our ideal weight and maintain it.
This perception of exercise as an odious thing that one must do if one wants to be a responsible member of society is one of the main factors in our "obesity crisis."
Obesity experts overwhelmingly condemned a letter in the medical journal the Lancet Thursday that suggested growing rates of obesity pose a threat to ...
Instead of blaming India and other developing nations for the rise in food prices, Americans should rethink their energy policy -- and go on a diet. ...
"I've been on buses that filled to an inhumane capacity, with commuters packed in like desperate refugees or sows to the slaughter. Still, the seat be...
CHICAGO — A new study gives the strongest evidence yet that obesity surgery can cure diabetes. Patients who had surgery to reduce the size of th...
Fast-Food Chain: Burger King If You Usually Order: A Whopper with cheese and a side salad. Make It Healthier: Satisfy your burger craving (and cut o...
Except for the occasional oversize bag of naked Cheetos lying around (they're not yet covered in fluorescent orange cheese flavoring), the maze of win...
If an increasingly overweight America's eyes are bigger than its stomach, then placing more nutritional information in plain sight could allow shopper...
Higher U.S. gasoline prices may slim more than just wallets, according to a new study from Washington University in St. Louis. Entitled "A Silver Lin...
Could people one day evolve to eat rich food while remaining perfectly slim and svelte? This may not be so wild a fantasy. It is becoming clear that ...
WASHINGTON — Nicole Ari Parker was motivated by frustration. For Star Jones, it was a matter of life or death. Toni Carey wanted a fresh start a...
