Obesity bias needs to be fixed. We are most likely to fix it when standing on a solid bedrock of understanding it at its origins. We can then replace the crude and obsolete survival-related imperatives bestowed to us in our genes, with the better angels of our nature.

Do you love watching the Oscars? In honor of award season, I'd like to give 12 awards for the best, research, tools and media on healthy eating and body image.

Tara Parker-Pope's recent piece in the New York Times Magazine has unleashed a firestorm of reaction. But let's take a closer look at the research.

Last year, New York Times health writer Tara Parker-Pope interviewed me about my weight loss views. This year, it was my turn to interview her about hers.

Can we prevent weight gain and obesity? The answer is self-evident in our rear-view mirror.

Coming this Sunday to the New York Times Magazine (already available online here) is an article by Tara Parker-Pope titled, "Is marriage good for your...

Over the recent couple of decades, due to economic and socio-political changes, that traditional gender archetypes can no longer be assumed and more to the point -- are in a process of reconstruction.

New research from the University of Missouri has found that people who walk dogs are more consistent about regular exercise and show more improvement ...

New research shows that victims of work bullying often have sleep problems once they get home. The trauma of bullying in the workplace is so great tha...

I've never been way too skinny for anything since the day after I was born! Turns out I would have to be another whole half a me in order to qualify for a medically-mandated operation.