Teenagers’ obesity-related medical complications improve just six months after laparoscopic gastric banding surgery, according to outcomes data presented this week. The preliminary results by physician-scientists from Morgan…

Even as the U.S. government considers paying for weight-loss surgery to treat the most common form of diabetes, the costly procedure will be a tough sell for employers and…

Like the United States, Canada is experiencing an obesity epidemic, with nearly 60 percent of the population affected. A new study finds that heavier Canadian women are…

People can lose weight by flavoring their food with calorie-free seasonings and sweeteners, which may make them feel full faster and decrease their consumption, according to a new study.…

If you’ve tried to lose weight, you know that there are many options and each one seems to have its own book and product line.

Registered dietitians at…

A study from the University of Southern California (USC) suggests people of Mexican-American descent who have genetic variants of fat gene FTO…

Parents of overweight teens who recognize that their kids are too fat don’t take steps to help them to eat more healthily or to be more active,…

Community-based programs could offer an acceptable way for overweight and obese teens to trim down, Australian researchers report.

Research to date on weight-loss programs for adolescents has typically focused on…

There’s the weekly weigh-in, the tips on healthy snacking and the chit-chat between women about unruly kids or errant husbands.

But this is a slimming group with a…

Researchers unveiled data during this week’s Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®) outlining improved bariatric surgery options and studies that offer new insight into the related toll on…

A new, noninvasive gastroplasty device to treat two separate disorders – gastroesophageal-reflux disease (GERD) and morbid obesity – was reported today by its inventor, Charles J. Filipi, M.D., professor…

France is the first EU country to report a levelling off of childhood obesity rates, suggesting that healthier diet programmes and a ban on vending machines in schools is paying…

Losing weight may help resolve erectile dysfunction in obese men, according to research presented today at the 103rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA).…

Study findings presented at the May 2008 Pediatric Academic Societies and Asian Society for Pediatric Research Joint Meeting indicate that childhood and adolescent obesity negatively impacts…

Researchers have identified new genetic variants that influence the risk of obesity and insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes, according to findings from two studies published online this week.

In the…

Along with age and injuries, obesity is a leading risk factor for osteoarthritis (OA), a painful and disabling joint disease. While excessive weight can…

A study of 90,000 people has uncovered new genetic variants that influence fat mass, weight and risk of obesity. The variants act in addition to the recently described variants of…

A study published in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP is the first attempt to quantify the strength of the cross-sectional relationships between duration of…

In their research on eating disorders, Oregon Research Institute (ORI) scientists help young women reduce the influence of the “thin ideal,” which is described as associating success…

The key focus of the Diogenes study is to identify the most effective diet to help adults stop regaining weight after initial successful weight loss.

To participate in…

New research supported by the Canadian Cancer Society shows that many cancer survivors in Canada are overweight and inactive, which could put them at…

Philadelphia schools that cut out soda, revamped snack selections and took other measures to prevent childhood obesity were able to halve the odds of students becoming overweight by sixth grade, a…

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 66 percent of all U.S. adults are overweight or obese. Faced with conditions of heart disease, high blood pressure…

A new study in mice indicates that overeating, rather than the obesity it causes, is the trigger for developing metabolic syndrome, a collection of heath…

Researchers who have followed 5,840 people from before birth to the age of 31 have found evidence suggesting that small size at birth…