A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.

Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

All things considered, it’s at least as likely to make health outcomes worse as it is to make most people healthier.

Childhood obesity continues to be a growing problem in out country. So, should the government regulate food advertising like it did with cigarettes?

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School officials in Lakeville are planning a vote Tuesday on the use of posters with the term "Black Lives Matter" throughout ...

For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating ...

A variety of factors — from genetics to diet and exercise to where you live — play a role in obesity risk. Understanding the potential underlying causes of obesity is essential to help ...

Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity as it does not factor in body fat levels. The prevalent method is so flawed that it ...

The editorial this week references a study linking childhood trauma and obesity in children, which throws up some interesting questions (January 15). The Growing Up in New Zealand study has a ...

Children with traumatic experiences in their early lives have a higher risk of obesity. But as our new research shows, this risk can be reduced through positive experiences. Childhood traumatic ...