It is easy to see why kids don’t want to talk about their experience of being overweight or obese, because, really, who does?

Who benefits from a sugar tax? If soda companies have to pay more tax for using sugar, they just might switch over to high fructose corn syrup instead.

Scotland’s relationship with sugar has been “intense” and the national diet is notorious for sugar, salt and fat. What is Scotland doing about it?

Public Health England, the health advisory unit in the U.K., stands accused of containing too many people connected with the food and soda industries.

The United Kingdom is set to mobilize its soda tax in April of next year. Naturally, controversy does not cease.

April Herndon, a proponent of the “Health at Every Size” philosophy, lost 100 pounds and had to deal with some negative feedback and difficult consequences.

How is Philadelphia soda tax, implemented earlier this year, doing? It may be too early to tell, and it depends on who is talking.

How did the soda tax, such a reviled and embattled piece of legislation, come into effect in Philadelphia? It was a compromise.

Philadelpia Mayor Jim Kenney supported soda tax for its revenue potential, not to prevent obesity. Does it matter, as long as it’s working?

Studies show that Berkeley had kept its word regarding the soda tax proceeds. A lot of it was spent on children’s health programs.

With the city’s low consumption and high income, Berkeley’s soda tax data might not have much bearing on the possibilities for other cities.

We are looking at how the cities across U.S. are using soda tax revenue to fund anti-childhood obesity measures and public health programs.

At the CDC, Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald took over a government agency which Coca-Cola executives have been fairly open about their attempts to influence.

This is a convoluted story of political machinations involving the Coca-Cola Company, so buckle up.

We are discussing microbiome awareness and ways that could possibly help people maintain normal weight without spending thousands on debilitating operations.

Fear of sinking profits has inspired beverage companies to seek sugar substitutes to escape the sugar tax that kicks in next year in the UK.

This post touches upon the fermented beverages like kvass and kefir, as well as Coca-Cola’s ready-to-drink coffee business in Japan, and its “sleep water.”

Lab results have hinted that kombucha might influence both the production of insulin and the storage of body fat.

Eyes, ears and ideas are all brought together by The Saban Research Institute, which sponsors the Annual Poster Session in June.

Happy Father’s Day to the dads who consciously try to have a positive influence on their children’s self-images, and try to keep junk food out of the home.

Dads, take part in feeding your kids and spending time doing activities together. It could be the start of a lifetime relationship!

Just about anything you do with your kids, as long as it’s done with a smile and a heart full of love, will be a positive contribution.

Whether or not fathers realize it, the behavior they model matters a lot, be it sitting down for a family meal or shunning vegetables.

A craving is associated with an image, but the mind can be outsmarted by replacing that image with a different one, or visual white noise.

Dr. Pretlow’s most recent presentation touches upon the problems with the conventional model of childhood obesity, the addiction model, and obesity treatment.

One problem with the culture’s insistence on fat-shaming is that it encourages a certain type of man to feel entitled to judge every female figure in sight.

Newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue rolled back some Obama-era school lunch rules, but every story has two sides.

The USDA recently acquired a new Big Boss, Sonny Perdue, who once ran a fertilizer business and then spent several years as governor of Georgia.

The kids who are drinking even one sugar-sweetened beverage per week are more than twice as likely already to be obese by the time they start kindergarten.

Let’s continue to slog through the complicated history of the United Kingdom’s effort to quell obesity.