After the weight loss surgery, even when the patient seems to be doing fine, the psychological benefits may alternately spike, drop or disappear.

Research shows that despite their long-term success with weight loss, the patients’ mental health on average deteriorated past even their pre-surgery level.

What are the challenges faced by people who go on to lose a huge proportion of their body weight?

A child who never becomes overweight is far less likely to become an obese teen or a morbidly obese adult.

We’ve been following the story of Oklahoma City’s transformation, when Mayor Mike Cornett led the people to undertake what was described as a war on fat.

In Oklahoma City, Mayor Mike Cornett led the people to undertake what was described as a war on fat. Here’s more on the amazing transformation of Oklahoma city.

When Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett challenged the citizens in 2012 to collectively lose a million pounds 47,000 people signed up.

Some studies suggest that the reducing diet accomplishes neither weight loss nor anything but frustration and feelings of failure.

When it comes to maintaining long-term weight loss, people need to know how to use their energy for self-betterment rather than self-destruction, among other things.

Childhood Obesity News has been tracing the recent history of weight-loss drugs, of which Vyvanse is an example.

Not everybody can afford the delivery of pre-measured meals or the services of a personal trainer, but almost everybody can afford pills.

Claims made about anti-obesity drugs need to be carefully examined as they haven’t been tested for very long on people who need them most.

Patients and doctors can become discouraged by the elephant they can’t seem to evict from the room: The fact that weight loss rarely lasts.

The taxpayers can’t afford to pay for all the illness caused by all the obesity, yet the taxpayers keep on getting fat.

The beverage industry should stop spending so much on advertising to kids, leave prices where they are, pay the tax, and eat the difference.

Humor has been shown to have numerous positive physiologic effects, one of the strongest of which is in helping people cope with stress.

Though a person’s choice of diet and activity level are important research shows that humor therapy can beneficially impact eating behavior.

It is possible that some grownups still haven’t shopped for holiday gifts for children, so here are a few interesting things about fitness trackers.

Research shows that maybe, just maybe, thinking about the most recent meal can help a person refrain from eating too soon, or too much.

The drawback of behavioral interventions is that, unless the subjects are in a very restrictive environment like boot camp, people can’t be made to do things.

Childhood Obesity News looks at the recent efforts in the media to tackle the childhood obesity epidemic.

Behavioral activation and rational emotive behavioral therapy have been found useful in treating eating disorders and addictions.

Making the high-calorie, low-nutrition items less visible and less convenient makes a noticeable difference in eating habits at school.

The Head Start Trauma Smart program is based on ARC – Attachment, Self-Regulation and Competency, a framework for intervention to deal with traumatic stress.

In the effort to reverse the childhood obesity trend, experts believe that treatment must be family-based and must include training in behavior modification.

It is National Pet Obesity Awareness Month, and we’ve been talking about what happens when a pet-parent tries to halt the pet animal’s addiction to overeating.

What happens when a pet-parent or child-parent initiates a program designed to reverse the addiction to problem eating?

In the UK, the National Health Service announced that one in every 34 urgent care admissions was due to overweight or obesity.

Whether it is called a behavioral addiction or a bad habit, problem eating is a maladaptive response to pain. Mindfulness can be a tremendous coping skill for children and parents.

Mindfulness training could be more useful for children than for adults because their brains still have plasticity.