Fat-shaming denies overweight people their humanity. As our pop culture reflects, every fat-shaming incidence encourages more of the same.

Kids desperately need to learn how resist cravings. Take a look around: How many adults can do that? Going by the evidence, not many.

The relationship between comfort eating and obesity is not news. Health professionals are trying to figure out how to break the connection.

Fat rejection is out of the question, but if the alternative is to buy into fat acceptance — is that also unhealthy?

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles will road-test the W8Loss2Go smartphone application, created by Dr. Pretlow.

Childhood Obesity News looks at the practice of targeting teenagers for gastric bands, and its potential complications.

Dr. Pretlow suggests that a lack of motivation for losing weight might be the fear of withdrawal symptoms.

Lack of motivation appears due to fear of withdrawal symptoms and fear of losing a major coping mechanism (eating).

Reading is associated with a lower body-mass index as strongly as exercise is associated with a lower body-mass index.

Childhood Obesity News discusses the duodenal switch surgery, which is reserved for patients with a BMI of over 50.

FDA approved ReShape Dual Balloon, an adults-only device implanted into stomach for six months, to combat obesity.

Childhood Obesity News takes another look at the First Lady’s “Let’s Move!” program, designed to alleviate childhood obesity.

From Michelle Obama’s garden to Beyonce’s “Let’s Move!” campaign — public figures tried addressing childhood obesity.

It was a busy year for Coca Cola Company, the world’s largest purveyor of liquified sugar, tooth decay, and childhood obesity.

Activists in the U.S. and overseas campaign for sale bans or at least warning labels for sugar-sweetened beverages.

It would have been nice to go back to ignoring the Coca-Cola Company for a while, but it is such a busy corporation, the notices keep piling up. Regarding 2015, the final quarter alone provided plenty of fodder for criticism as the company appeared to …

In a very recent post, we quoted Dr. Ruopeng An, whose research team determined that… If people simply substitute diet beverages for sugar-sweetened beverages, it may not have the intended effect because they may just eat those calories rather than d …

While not much progress has been made in preventing childhood obesity, it is known that early is better – early as in pre-conception, if possible. It is more than clear that the younger a child starts being overweight, the longer that child will probab …

The Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery, which is known as Teen-LABS for short, aims to document “the efficacy and complications of bariatric surgery in the adolescent surgical patient and its role in the overall management of obesity pri …

Is disease prevention a sufficient justification for performing surgery? Opponents of neonatal circumcision would say no; on the other hand, women with the genetic predisposition to breast cancer want the choice of bilateral mastectomy just in case. It …

Gastric sleeve-themed items by Etsy craftspersons A piece in GeneralSurgeryNews.com makes an excellent point – Although bariatric surgery is performed on unprecedented numbers of teenagers today, the number of procedures performed—and the availability …

Weight loss saves lives and reduces the likelihood of numerous co-morbidities. Alas, the effects rarely last. Without surgical intervention, it is said that “only 2% of severely obese teenagers can lose weight and keep it off.” So a case can be made th …

In her very thorough 2010 article for Reuters about teens and weight-loss surgery, Debra Sherman referenced a study done by Dr. Susan Woolford, a specialist in the area of medicine where pediatrics and obesity meet. When she surveyed 381 doctors, almos …

In his Huffington Post article, Dr. Pretlow mentioned that although bariatric surgery has been successful for some teens, there are inevitable risks, and when the long-term outcome is considered, there is a 20% – 30% failure rate. Even this is not cert …

Gastric sleeve surgery, also called sleeve gastrectomy, is in the category known as restrictive bariatric surgery. Because it doesn’t interfere with absorption, it is appropriate for people with anemia or Crohn’s disease or other conditions where gastr …

Here’s the rundown on gastric bypass surgery, according to Cheryl Ann Borne, founder of the website My Bariatric Life. To qualify, a person needs a BMI of over 40, or a BMI of over 35 with a complication such as type 2 diabetes. Of course there is a ph …

Current information about gastric banding comes from Cheryl Ann Borne, the individual behind the website My Bariatric Life. A very useful page outlines the criteria and preparatory steps. Borne says: After you have been approved for gastric band surger …

Dr. Pretlow has mentioned the costliness of bariatric surgery, which is quite a significant drawback. In Britain, the National Health Service offers two varieties—the gastric band and the gastric bypass. The band option is simpler and less expensive. I …

In his Huffington Post article, “Eating Addiction: There’s an App for That,” Dr. Pretlow gave weight-loss surgery a mixed review. On the one hand, he credits bariatric surgery with being the only obesity treatment that has resulted in “significant long …

Motivational interviewing is one of the tools of choice in the childhood obesity field. Why? Dr. Martin T. Stein suggests that, in primary care settings, childhood obesity is relatively unresponsive to more customary interventions. Doctors are urged to …