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As childhood obesity continues its thirty-year advance from occasional curiosity to cultural epidemic, health care providers are struggling to find out why—and the reasons are many. Increasingly sedentary environments for…

A new study suggests that many young recruits for fire and ambulance services are overweight and already have risk factors for heart disease - a problem that poses a threat…

Socioeconomic status alone might not be as reliable a predictor of body mass index (BMI) in U.S. residents as previously thought, according to a new study.

Prenatal exposure to an insecticide commonly used up until the 1970s may play a role in the obesity epidemic in women, according to a new…

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), Boston Medical Center, Harvard University and the Cambridge Health Alliance found that more than 75 percent of emergency responder candidates for fire…

On March 18, 2009, The Lancet posted on its website a prepublication of a worldwide collaborative analysis of body mass index (BMI) and increased death rates among 900,000…

With a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or higher - the definition of obesity - median survival is reduced by 2 to 10 years, according to a new…

Several bursts of exercise that last five minutes or more might be better for preventing childhood obesity than are intermittent physical activity sessions lasting four minutes or less…

Food stamps, school lunch and other public nutrition programs do not contribute to an obesity epidemic affecting millions of children and adults, despite blame levied by critics, U.S. and…

Boosting calcium consumption spurs weight loss, according to a study published in the most recent issue of the British Journal of Nutrition, but only in people whose diets…

Nearly half of overweight and obese African Americans who completed a 12-week, faith-based program lost 5 percent or more of their body weight and most kept it off for…

With obesity reaching epidemic levels, researchers at the Ohio State University Medical Center are studying a potentially long-term treatment that involves injecting a gene directly into one of the…

Fitness programs in schools help get children moving, but experts say more is needed to curb rising obesity rates.

Instead of low intensity aerobic exercise, which dominates most…

Overweight children and adolescents, with the active involvement of their parents and families, can successfully lose weight by following the Seven Steps to Success described in the current…

Obese women have alterations in their ovaries which might be responsible for an egg’s inability to make an embryo, according to a new study accepted for publication…

The adherence to a reduced-calorie diet has more effect on long-term weight loss than any particular emphasis on protein, fat, or carbohydrate content, according to a 2-year study published in The…

Many people on the weight-loss drug orlistat may not keep up the diet changes considered necessary for the treatment’s success, a small study suggests.

Orlistat, sold under the prescription…

Scientists have determined that a specific gene plays a role in the weight-gain response to a high-fat diet.

The finding in an animal study suggests that blocking…

Obese adults trying to lose weight might benefit just as much from advice received over the phone as they would from in-person counseling, a new study suggests.

The findings, reported in…

In a recent study, Saint Louis University researchers found that weight loss of at least 9 percent helped patients reverse a type of liver disease known as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a…

Waistlines are expanding at such an alarming rate across the globe that, if trends hold, almost 58 percent of the world’s population will be…

Weight-loss and major lifestyle changes may be more effective than intensive insulin therapy for overweight patients with poorly controlled, insulin-resistant type 2 diabetes, according to a diabetes researcher at UT…

That irresistible craving for a cheeseburger has its roots in the dramatic growth of the human brain and body that resulted from environmental changes some 2 million years ago.

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Simple changes to the workplace environment—such as signs reminding workers to choose healthier foods and get more exercise—may help to reduce obesity and other health risks, reports a study…