The government could miss a key target to halt the rise of obesity in children by 2010 unless it improves leadership at all levels, an influential report said on Tuesday.

It is widely believed by the public that replacing sugars with artificial sweeteners will help reduce calorie (energy) intake and aid weight loss. As a result sales…

The neighborhood an adolescent lives in may influence his or her development of obesity, new study findings suggest. Specifically, investigators found that adolescents from close-knit neighborhoods were less likely to be…

As the nation’s collective waistline has swelled in recent decades, rates of asthma diagnoses also have accelerated. Indeed, much research has affirmed a link between the two conditions.

But…

As the nation’s collective waistline has swelled in recent decades, rates of asthma diagnoses also have accelerated. Indeed, much research has affirmed a link between the two conditions.

But doctors…

Women fighting the post-pregnancy weight battle face a lot of challenges, not the least of which is just finding the time to exercise. New research from Duke…

It is simplistic to suggest that lowering cortisol levels will promote weight loss, as some television ads claim, according to researchers at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland.

In…

University of South Florida researcher Barbara Hansen, PhD, will likely never be invited to talk about weight loss on Oprah. Her message…

According to researchers at New York’s Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, an anti-obesity drug that turns off the same brain circuits which trigger the marijuana-induced hunger pangs,…

Chinese adults who are either underweight or obese increase their risk of early death, say Tulane University epidemiologists in an article published this week in the Journal…

In a 2-year study of overweight or obese subjects, a marijuana derivative, or cannabinoid, called rimonabant (Acomplia) helped those who took it lose weight and improve their cardiovascular risk profile.

Weight…

Use of the weight-loss medication rimonabant produced modest yet sustained weight loss after 2 years, and improved HDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels, according to a study in…

Former President Bill Clinton and officials from a health foundation on Monday unveiled a plan to fight childhood obesity with better school meals and more exercise.

The Robert…

Children whose families have trouble putting food on the table do not appear to be at increased risk of obesity, new study findings suggest.

Though it may seem counterintuitive,…

A program that combines advice from a primary care physician with computer assessment, mailings and phone calls may help teens improve some aspects of their diets and…

Just 2 pounds of weight gain can greatly increase a person’s risk for the metabolic syndrome, a dangerous condition that can lead to type 2…

Weight gains among Europeans have been linked to consumption of more American-style fast foods like hamburgers, pizza and sweetened soft drinks, according to a study released on Tuesday.

Three major new studies scheduled for publication this week - finding that postmenopausal women who followed a low-fat eating pattern did not significantly reduce…

Weight-loss surgery works not just by restricting the amount of food absorbed by the body, it seems. In part, at least, it leads to weight loss by causing hormone changes that…

Obesity, long known as a cause of type II diabetes, may accelerate the onset of type 1 diabetes in some - but not all - groups…

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have revealed that the cortisol/obesity connection, touted by many weight-loss supplement marketers, may be even more tenuous than first thought.

The research…

More Japanese are overweight and are exercising less, putting them further away from government targets aiming for a health-conscious nation by 2010.

Some 29 percent of men aged 20-60 are overweight, a…

According to researchers in the U.S., a virus may be why some people are obese.

A study by scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has found that the human adenovirus Ad-37…

Losing a modest amount of weight through dietary changes and increased physical activity reduces the occurrence of urinary incontinence (UI) in women with prediabetes, a condition…

The Danone Institute has provided a fellowship for basic research to Ana Antsn Solanas, a research assistant in the Dietetics and Diet Therapy Unit of the University…