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.

All things considered, it’s at least as likely to make health outcomes worse as it is to make most people healthier.

For many people, the advertisements will be a big part of Super Bowl fun this Sunday. But many of them are selling you ...

Nutritionist Chadrick Digo warns that no one is immune to the effects of excessive fast-food consumption. Excessive salt ...

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

In a Senate hearing, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said that efforts to address the high rates of chronic disease need to start with ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, made a number of disputed claims.

I’d tried so many diets unsuccessfully, but reading one lady’s weight loss story in the Telegraph led me to one that actually worked ...

The new Trump administration could be coming for your snacks. For years, the federal government has steered clear of ...

For years, the federal government has steered clear of regulating junk food, fast food, and ultra-processed food. Now ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health ...