A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.

A positive response to treatment for pediatric obesity has enduring health benefits into young adulthood, according to study findings.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can help to rebuild the systems that promote unhealthy lifestyles in America. He deserves our support.

Childhood obesity continues to be a growing problem in out country. So, should the government regulate food advertising like it did with cigarettes?

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Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is a clinically-proven approach to treating children with obesity in which a health ...

Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is a clinically-proven approach to treating children with obesity in which a health care professional works with the family to help children lose weight by ...

When children with obesity undergo weight-loss treatment, the results have effects later in life, and the risk of serious ...

Medical experts have urged a shift away from the Body Mass Index (BMI) as the main yardstick to determine obesity as it does not factor in body fat levels. The prevalent method is so flawed that it ...

Mothers exposed to air pollution three months before getting pregnant can give birth to their children with a higher Body Mass Index (BMI) and develop obesity risk factors within two years of age.

The editorial this week references a study linking childhood trauma and obesity in children, which throws up some interesting questions (January 15). The Growing Up in New Zealand study has a ...

The development of drug treatments for obesity in adults has raised questions about treatment of childhood obesity. Image credit: PeopleImages.com – Yuri A The prevalence of obesity has increased ...