Eating smart, not eating less, may be the key to losing weight. A year-long clinical trial by Penn State researchers shows that diets focusing on foods that are low in calorie…

Why does the same diet make some of us gain more weight than others? The answer could be a molecule called Bsx, as scientists from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory [EMBL],…

New research does not support the general belief that obesity increases bone mass and is therefore good for bone health. A study, in which investigators corrected for the mechanical loading effect of…

Just a few minutes of exercise every day could help improve fitness and health of women who are inactive and overweight, US scientists say.

Conducting tests on overweight…

Having a body mass index (BMI) in the overweight or obese range increases the risk of traumatic workplace injury, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of…

U.S. dairy producers will have to stop pitching the idea that drinking more milk spurs weight loss, the Federal Trade Commission told a physician’s advocacy group in…

Researchers are developing a potential new weapon in the battle against obesity: training pediatricians and dietitians in a special interviewing technique designed to motivate parents of overweight kids to make…

Using the same database that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses to confirm the rise in obesity rates, researchers have concluded that 100 percent juice…

Using the same database that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses to confirm the rise in obesity rates, researchers have concluded that 100 percent juice…

Eating soup with a meal could be the answer to the obesity crisis, according to scientists in the US.

People who fill their stomachs with soup…

My dad’s cousin, Pat, died recently. She was the largest person I’ve ever known; probably 30 stone. Many years earlier, however, her slim, fit husband had died from…

A simple scoring system based on five medical factors accurately predicts which patients being considered for gastric bypass surgery would be at highest risk of dying.

The scoring system, which…

Scientists are developing an infant formula designed to be given to babies to prevent them growing up fat, it was revealed today.

The controversial research aims to supplement baby milk with a…

The number of overweight people in Europe is rising and there is an especially worrying trend of increasing childhood obesity and in the number of people who are grossly obese,…

A RAND Corporation study issued today says school playgrounds and athletic facilities can be important tools in the fight against childhood obesity, but many are locked and…

When it comes to losing weight, the number of calories you eat, rather than the type of carbohydrates, may be what matters most, according to a new…

Four-year-old girls are six times more likely to have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of more than 30 than they were 20 years ago and ten-year-olds…

A common genetic variant appears to increase the risk of becoming obese in both childhood and adulthood, according to a new report.

In searching for genes that confer susceptibility for developing type…

A growing number of Japanese children have weight problems that could set them up for health problems later in life, and standards must be set to deal with the…

Dieters, despair. A U.S. study has found that diets don’t work in the long run with about two-thirds of dieters putting back the weight they lost…

The battle of the bulge is soon to get a drug-fuelled boost. The first over-the-counter weight loss pill has been licensed in the US and is…

For overweight and obese individuals, the incidence of asthma increases by 50 percent, as compared to those of normal weight, according to a meta-analysis of seven studies…

Being stressed out at work can make you fat, a new study suggests.

The more job strain men and women reported, the more likely they were to become obese, Dr. Eric J.…

Kicking a football around for just 15 minutes a day can halve a child’s risk of becoming obese, a study has found. Even small increases in daily activity,…

A British study, involving 5,500 children and published in the latest issue of PLoS Medicine, used accurate methods to measure the ‘fat mass’ of the children and the amount…