The obese are at higher risk for severe illness, and obese young people are at particular risk. So who is disproportionately at risk of dying from the virus?

When we experience unpleasant emotions, fighting or running away isn’t always possible — but displacement activities, like overeating, are.

When food is available but the future is unclear binge eating and overeating are the maladaptations to watch out for.

Four journalists collaborated on this story from different parts of the globe, and the reports are confusing: Many developing nations with hot climates and young populations have escaped the worst… Many countries that have escaped mass epidemics have …

Serious challenges are evident, as people stuck in isolation struggle with a wide variety of troublesome circumstances while dealing with eating disorders.

Unharvested food; food wasted in the broken supply chain; empty supermarket and pantry shelves; long lines of hungry Americans at the food banks, and on and on.

In these difficult times, people are experiencing different combinations of inconvenience and misery because of the unsettling, frightening instability.

Currently, for many Americans online grocery shopping had become a necessity, but the infrastructure (both digital and physical) simply isn’t there.

Childhood Obesity News has been looking at how officials, sellers and buyers are adjusting and trying to keep the farmers’ markets going during the pandemic.

In a health crisis, a non-essential business is a closed business. The farmers had to make a case for the markets to remain open, with reasonable arguments.

People want to get back to normal, eventually, and that includes farmers’ markets. We must make sure that nothing permanently cripples this commercial format.

Across the nation, people line up under miserable conditions, hoping that their local food bank will not run out before their turn comes.

One significant side effect of the necessity to shelter in place could be a vast increase in obesity among both adults and children.

School closures plus shelter-in-place orders are wreaking havoc on family life, and kids eat in response to stress and boredom — but e-health can help.

In the confined environment we find themselves in right now due to COVID-19, how many reasons for overeating the average American is up against every day?

Depression and boredom are the archenemies of weight management, and both feature the inability to care.

The rogue displacement mechanism of overeating can be overcome by distractions, but distraction only works if the subject is interested in the distractor.

Stress and boredom are two of the top reasons for gratuitous eating. In the COVID-19 shuttering-in, a lot of people share those feelings.

At a time like this, elective surgeries (which includes first-time bariatric procedures) are not being performed, but how does it affect the patients in need?

If kids were not getting enough activity in ordinary times, the need for isolating and social distancing really puts the whipped cream on that hot-fudge sundae.

Adults and children have numerous reasons to be stressed right now, and stress is a major cause of disadvantageous eating habits at any age.

When it is impossible to follow the recommended daily habits that stave off childhood obesity, then what?

We are chronicling the history of Brian Wansink, who was entrusted to psychologically manipulate the behavior of children and teenagers in school cafeterias.

There is more to say about Brian Wansink, Ph.D., the inventor of Smarter Lunchrooms, which took over in about 30,000 American public schools.

Why have people been objecting to the content, methodology, and what they deem the low publication standards of work by Dr. Brian Wansink?

The critics of the program point out that universal acceptance of Smarter Lunchrooms might not be the optimal path toward reducing obesity in children.

Consider psychological manipulation in the context of the school cafeteria, especially when the issue is the presentation of illusory choices.

What’s the psychology behind the multi-faceted tool known as the EAST formula (Easy, Attractive, Social, and Timely), and how can it be used to fight obesity?

The discussion of application of choice architecture and other principles used by the Smarter Lunchrooms Movement to fight childhood obesity in schools.

With kids’ health at stake, any strategy is worth trying in curbing childhood obesity. Rewards must also be timely as delayed gratification is often shunned.