A lifelong habit of trimming just a few calories from the daily diet can do more than slim the waistline - a new study shows it may help lessen the…

The nation’s first weight loss camp for children as young as age five will open this summer. Located on Clear Lake in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, the Wellspring Family…

Development of adiposity in adolescence: five year longitudinal study of an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of young people in Britain BMJ Online First

The idea…

U.S. regulators urged food companies on Tuesday to voluntarily limit their advertising of sugary snacks, soft drinks and other junk food to kids to help combat childhood…

Overweight children who are victims of bullying are less likely to engage in physical activity, new research suggests. Dr. Eric A. Storch, who led the study said: “The health implications of this are…

Mothers of young children are more likely to be obese when they perceive their neighborhoods as unsafe, according to a new study in the journal Obesity.

Researchers from The Children’s…

Lack of access to adequate food for an active and healthy life may affect maternal food choices, increasing the risk for children to become overweight, according to researchers at…

Working with genetically engineered mice, Johns Hopkins scientists have interfered with the brain’s ability to control an animal’s response to a high-fat diet. The report,…

For adults who are mildly to moderately obese, gastric banding - a popular, minimally invasive type of weight loss surgery - appears to be more effective in reducing…

Significant number of women believe their children are normal weight when they are actually overweight
Latina mothers of preschool-aged children frequently have inaccurate perceptions of their…

A research team from Loma Linda University will present findings from a recent study in the Growing Fit Program at the University and Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital…

Twenty to 30 percent more young children may be overweight than previously thought according to new growth standards, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday.

The U.N. agency said it…

Teens who try to control their weight by skipping meals or using laxatives are actually more likely to be overweight in later years, research indicates.

“We found that dieting,…

The company that invented the heart pacemaker is employing the same technology to trick obese patients into thinking their stomachs are full.

And Medtronic Inc., the world’s biggest maker…

Topping up levels of the hormone oxyntomodulin found in the gut could help reduce appetite and increase physical activity in overweight and obese people, new research suggests.

The study, released…

In obese adults in their 60s and 70s, moderate weight loss achieved through diet and exercise goes a long way in improving physical function and combating frailty, a study…

According to researchers in the U.S. there is a direct link between childhood obesity and junk food advertising on television.

A team of researchers from the Harvard School…

According to researchers over 25% of British school children are clinically obese and they lay the blame squarely on junk food and a lack of exercise.

The researchers say…

Playground taunts may seem like harmless child’s play, but bullying may keep overweight children on the sidelines, making it more difficult for them to shed pounds, University…

A pioneering statistical technique developed at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has helped identify a common gene variation associated with an increased risk for obesity.

Obese men and women are reasonably accurate when it comes to reporting their own weight, says researchers, but they are much more likely than normal weight persons to misjudge what…

The prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents and obesity among men increased significantly between 1999 and 2004, according to a study in JAMA: Journal of the American…

The less a child sleeps, the more likely he or she is to become overweight, according to researchers from Universiti Laval’s Faculty…

When you tuck into those nuggets and fries the amount of fat you are consuming could very well depend on where you live.

According to three Danish…

A team led by a Canadian researcher has discovered a process by which a small protein acts directly within muscles to increase the body’s metabolism to burn…