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The number of Britons joining gyms fell by 8 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2006, despite warnings of rising obesity and clubs cutting joining fees, according to a…

Australia will likely lower recruitment standards to let overweight people and mild asthmatics join up as it tries to boost troop numbers to combat regional instability, the nation’s top soldier said…

There is good news for some men over 50: being just a little overweight is not unhealthy.

But as the scales tip higher - say above…

The body’s sensitivity to a particular brain chemical may help separate those of us who can’t sit still from those who can’t seem to get off the couch, a…

According to doctors in the United States the standard measure of obesity, the Body Mass Index (BMI), is badly flawed and may not be such an accurate…

Nearly one in every five people in China are overweight or obese and the problem is getting worse among children, especially boys, according to a study.

The study,…

Body Mass Index (BMI), the standard measure of obesity, is badly flawed and a more accurate gauge should be developed, according to doctors in the United States.

Writing in Friday’s…

Burgers and booze have bloated waistlines so much in Japan’s southern island of Okinawa that authorities in the capital have launched a slimming competition.

Girths are growing across Japan as lifestyles and…

People in China are becoming overweight and obese at an alarmingly fast rate, according to an editorial in this week’s British Medical Journal.

Numbers of people in China who are now classified…

Behavioral counseling that is computer automated can enhance weight loss for individuals following an Internet-based weight loss program, according to a study by researchers at the University of North Carolina…

Women who smoke during pregnancy may be raising their child’s risk of becoming obese by adolescence, an Australian study suggests.

Researchers found that 14-year-olds whose mothers smoked during…

Obesity is on the rise among black women in South Africa, possibly in part due to fears of looking like an AIDS patient, a top health expert on Friday.

By examining more than 120,000 children under age 6 in Massachusetts over 22 years, a newly published study shows that young children - especially infants - are now more likely to be…

A panel of Georgia health care, educational and religious leaders issued an “urgent” call Friday for the African-American community to take steps to reduce what former U.S.

Surgeon General David Satcher described as…

JOSEPH A. SKELTON, pediatric gastroenterologist and program director of the NEW (Nutrition, Exercise and Weight Management) Kids Program at the CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN in Milwaukee: “Combating obesity is not simple, and…

For a given level of obesity, Inuit men and women living in Greenland are healthier than those who have migrated to Denmark, Danish researchers have found.

The stay-at-home Greenlanders…

If the results of a new survey in the U.S. on obesity are to be believed, most obese Americans are eating a healthy diet and…

Fish is in the news again as some researchers are claiming that the fatty acids which are found in fish, can help people burn off the kilos, while another team…

Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in California in the U.S. have developed an anti-obesity vaccine that significantly slowed weight gain and reduced body fat in rats even when they over ate.

Researchers are reporting progress toward what would be a dream come true for many Americans: a vaccine to prevent obesity.

The target of this vaccine is ghrelin, a recently discovered hormone that decreases…

Researchers in the U.S. say that more and more Americans are missing out when it comes to receiving full medical care because they are too obese to fit into…

BPH, or benign prostate hyperplasia, is a common condition in older men, but the risk of developing the condition seems to be increased by obesity and high blood sugar levels,…

Being overweight puts a greater burden on women’s health than men’s, a new study shows.

Dr. Peter Muennig of Columbia University in New York and colleagues calculated the amount…

Fatty acids, which are found in fish, can help in weight loss when combined with moderate exercise, an Australian study found.

The University of South Australia study found that…

More and more obese people are unable to get full medical care because they are either too big to fit into scanners, or their fat is too dense for X-rays…