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People over 55 who start an exercise program can expect to lose a significant amount of fat in six months, but not bone mass, according to new research.

These results…

The more soda kids drink, the more likely they are to be obese, researchers conclude.

However, they caution, soft drinks are not the only cause of the ongoing…

Food high in salt, sugar and fat could still carry a healthy tag after the European Parliament voted on Thursday to water down key European Union draft rules to fight…

According to a new study overweight women on pill have a higher chances of getting pregnant. An overweight women have as high as 60-70% higher chances to…

Practical Guidelines to Lose Weight
Dieting and losing weight is not easy. If it was, rates of overweight and obesity would be much lower. But many dieters do manage to lose weight…

Scientists have drawn up a check-list of early warning signs of child Obesity, among them too much television and not enough sleep.

More than eight hours’ TV a…

A comparison of four types of Obesity surgeries, all risky procedures, concluded that vertical gastrectomy, in which most of the stomach is removed, was both the quickest and resulted in the…

Weight Watchers, Slim-Fast and the “Zone” top the list of nine popular diet plans studied by Consumer Reports magazine, the latest issue shows.

Weight Watchers International Inc. ranked highest on…

Arena Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday said its experimental obesity drug was effective in helping patients lose weight in a short-term, mid-stage clinical trial, sending its shares up more than 22 percent.

Patients…

Taking a swim in cold water may be invigorating, but it could increase appetite enough to cause weight gain, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

The study may help explain why it…

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton on Tuesday launched a campaign to reduce Obesity among American children, warning that today’s youth could be the first U.S. generation to die younger than…

New research from the Stanford University School of Medicine re-enforces what Mum always told you, eat those veggies and those other nutrient-dense foods because they’re…

Adult survivors of childhood cancer are more likely to be underweight than the general population, study findings suggest.

“The majority of underweight survivors have an underlying problem that may be…

A group backed by the U.S. food and restaurant industries on Monday launched an advertising campaign aimed at dismissing as hype concerns about the large number of obese Americans.

Contrary to what some might think, children of mothers who work outside the home tend to have healthier eating habits than those whose mothers are full-time homemakers, new study findings…

Weight reduction is associated with bone loss in older men that may increase the risk of a broken bone, new research shows. Moreover, this finding held true even…

Europe’s anti-Obesity battle hit a major hurdle on Thursday when a European Parliament committee dumped a key element of controversial draft rules to ban misleading health and nutritional food labels.

New statistics published this week questioned the U.S. government’s assertion that Obesity causes nearly as many deaths as smoking, in a finding certain to confuse many.

The report, published…