A new study finds obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal-weight individuals. Their brains look 16 years older than the brains of le...
Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living
Could mindful eating be the answer to reducing, even by a fraction, the health care costs?
Tina Wells | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living
There's a generation of teens and tweens who will enter their adult lives more physically ill-equipped than any generation before them, ever.
Nena Baker | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living
A growing stack of laboratory research suggests that some of the chemicals used in everyday items predispose an individual to the battle of the bulge, despite normal diet and exercise.
Neal Barnard, M.D. | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living
If Congress is going to tackle health care, it needs to understand why so many children and adults are in such poor shape. First off, every child in every school deserves a healthful lunch every day.
Ellen Kanner | Posted 09.17.2009 | Green
We are stardust We are golden We are billion year-old carbon And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden Woodstock, Joni Mitchell What sounded...
Katherine Goldstein | Posted 09.14.2009 | Green
Even though it's the slow news month of August, we had plenty going on at HuffPost Green -- It's beer month, for Godsakes. Check out my favorite stories of the week and pick your fave.
nytimes.com | DAVID LEONHARDT | Posted 09.14.2009 | Business
Two years ago, the Cleveland Clinic stopped hiring smokers. It was one part of a "wellness initiative" that has won the renowned hospital -- which Pre...
CBS 2 | Derrick Blakley | Posted 09.14.2009 | Chicago
In Elgin, civic leaders face a weighty problem: a survey that calls their town the fattest in Illinois....
scientificamerican.com | OrangeSherbert at 01:55 AM on 08/12/09 | Posted 09.12.2009 | Green
One out of every nine people now receives food stamps in the U.S. And two-thirds of Americans are either overweight or obese. A new scientific study l...
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living
You do have to buy fresh fruits and vegetables. You can't rely on processed foods to be healthy. You have to cook, a little and learn the calories in the food you eat.
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 09.06.2009 | Living
For this week's episode of CBS Doc Dot Com, I went to Camp Shane, listed on their Web site as "the original, longest running weight loss camp in the world" at 41 years and counting.
TIME | Alice Park | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living
It's no secret that sedentary behavior contributes to obesity and chronically poor health. But not all sedentary behaviors are created equal, accordin...
Bella DePaulo | Posted 09.04.2009 | Living
I am disappointed with the recent Times article that claims that married people tend to be healthier than single people. Here's why the piece is misleading.
Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 07.31.2009 | Politics
Federal government improvements on health care are not sufficient. The key to progress is a partnership between government and the American people.
Kerry Trueman | Posted 08.31.2009 | Green
As poor health has become the norm in our society, I'd like to propose a more obscure source of salvation: Colin Beavan, aka "No Impact Man."
self.com | Posted 08.31.2009 | Living
This small fruit makes a big splash: Anthocyanins, the pigments behind blueberries' hue, may fight skin cancer and wrinkles while helping brain cells ...
Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 08.31.2009 | Comedy
Obama and Gates drank purely foreign libations while Crowley's choice, Blue Moon, is, like Obama, only half American. Is this really the message we need to convey as our economy struggles to climb out of recession?
Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
We're failing miserably to curb the obesity epidemic. But is there a country with a low obesity rate that we can look to as an example? China comes immediately to mind.
Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
In his excellent book, The Sugar Fix, Dr. Richard Johnson talks about the dangers of a diet high in fructose.
Arthur Agatston, M.D. | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living
No matter what health care delivery system this country adopts, no matter what plan or series of plans are enacted, it will be bankrupted in no time b...
Wendy Diamond | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living
We are the sole controllers of what go into our pet's mouths so we must govern what we feed our pets and how to help them control their weight.
Mark Pasetsky | Posted 08.28.2009 | Business
Wellness programs not only improve the health of employees by motivating them to take care of themselves, but also reduce health care costs associated with obesity and improve your bottom line.
Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 08.28.2009 | Green
This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held the first ever conference on obesity titled "The Weight Of The Nation." Obesity i...
Sarah Newman | Posted 08.27.2009 | Green
One of the easiest and most profound ways to improve your health is by skipping meat and thereby eating lower on the food chain every Monday.
LiveScience | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living