Overweight / obesity. High triglycerides (fat in the blood stream), low levels of high-density lipoprotein (the good cholesterol), and high LDL cholesterol. High blood pressure. High…

Dutch company Unimills, owned by Malaysian plantation giant Golden Hope, said it has invented an ice cream with a low level of saturated fat, making the summer’s favourite treat healthier.…

Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland will conduct a series of workshops to teach physicians how to talk to parents about their child’s obesity-related health problems. A new…

New guidelines on obesity in the US may end up harming children, says an article in this week’s BMJ. And an accompanying article goes on to…

Scientists have wondered why obese patients who have diabetes also may have problems with their long-term memory. New Saint Louis University research in this month’s Peptides provides a clue.

Overweight children and adolescents often show signs of the metabolic syndrome - a cluster of risk factors that raise the risk of heart disease and diabetes. These include, in…

Obesity is more prevalent in Central and Eastern European countries that formerly comprised the Soviet bloc than in Western European countries, a new Saint Louis University School of Public Health…

Bone remodelling is well known to be heavily influenced by the load placed upon it. Heavier people, for example, are more likely to have heavier bones. But how does weight…

New research suggests that while exercise helps ward off chronic ailments such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease that can shorten a normal lifespan, only cutting calories appears to slow…

U.S. Latino youngsters are more likely to become obese by age 3 than black or white children, for reasons that can not be explained by factors such as income…

A study of 17,000 U.S. adolescents finds that black and Hispanic girls are less physically active than white girls, but that this difference is attributable to the…

For years, researchers have been trying to document a connection between obesity among the poor and the limited selection of healthy foods in their local grocery stores. Now,…

Initial health trials using psychotherapy to treat adolescent obesity have shown promising results.

The Melbourne-based ‘Choose Health’ study, undertaken by a team of RMIT University researchers, has found cognitive behaviour…

Spring is a time of new beginnings and a perfect opportunity to overhaul your winter meals in favor of zesty foods with a fresh taste. Even better, most springtime foods are easy…

The number of overweight adolescents has doubled in the United States in the last three decades, and according to a new study there is a link between poverty and being…

For women it seems that how much sleep they get may have an impact on how much they weigh.

According to a new study women who sleep 5 hours or less…

A questionnaire sent to the youngest and the oldest patients in the Mayo Clinic database who had undergone obesity surgery, primarily gastric bypass, revealed that the procedure appears to…

There’s more to be gleaned from national health surveys than just health statistics. Not only can these data illustrate the scope of a public health…

Culture plays a significant role in how women perceive obesity in terms of both appearance and health, according to a study by Yale School of Nursing researchers…

Nearly half of the people responding to an online survey about obesity said they would give up a year of their life rather than…

Operations intended to help very overweight people shed unhealthy pounds - termed bariatric surgery - carry a low risk of death when they’re performed at high-volume academic medical centers, according to…

Doctors should advise overweight moms considering another pregnancy to take off extra weight first because they are at greater risk of having big babies, a new Saint…

European and U.S. health chiefs on Monday ruled out imposing new regulations on the food industry to fight obesity, in spite of concern that the problem…

Teens who participate in sports have better eating habits than their peers who do not, a new study shows.

However, the study showed that young women - athletes and nonathletes -…

The obesity problem in individual U.S. states appears much greater than official health surveys have indicated, according to a new study.

The problem, researchers found, is that the telephone surveys used to…