An increasing number of professionals now have a fundamentally different view of obesity, tending more to regard it as a chronic disease.

When the AAP released its controversial guidelines to prevent childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control released updated growth charts.

Although many parents and health practitioners prefer diet and exercise for controlling childhood obesity, the new guidelines offer other solutions.

There is anxiety among parents who fear that the new suggestions will make people think the diet plus exercise approach should be forgotten.

The factors that contribute to childhood obesity include genetic, physiologic, socio-economic, and environmental, among many more peripheral factors.

The anti-obesity guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics, revised for the first time in 15 years, have caused quite a flurry.

The previous post left off by discussing how healthcare providers need to avoid stigmatizing language when talking with parents and children.

When it comes to childhood obesity, behavior “modeling,” as in setting a good example, not much progress seems to have been made in the past decades.

After a 15-year pause, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a new set of childhood obesity guidelines earlier this year. Not everyone agrees with them.

From the two previous posts we might have guessed that few medical professionals in the obesity field are on board with Intuitive Eating, but in this mixed-up world of today, that could always change. Not surprisingly, Elyse Resch, one of the Intuitive …

What is intuitive eating, and is it good for us? We continue the short series with the second post on the subject.

What is intuitive eating? Dietitians and book authors Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole are proponents of “intuitive eating,” and here are some details.

Today is the last day of this year’s National No Name-Calling Week. Unfortunately, people are called names and subjected to many sorts of bullying all the time.

This post continues to focus on the Healthy Weight Week suggestions made by the medical staff of Flushing Hospital in relation to the BrainWeighve phone app.

We mentioned National Healthy Weight Week, and today’s post focuses on the to-do list provided by Flushing Hospital, in aid of making it the healthiest.

Next week’s purpose is not only to increase awareness of these societal ills but to encourage each individual to recommit to the goal of not becoming obese.

National Lose Weight/Feel Great Week aims for a positive body image and establishing a healthy relationship with food. Learn more.

It is reassuring to see how comfortably the BrainWeighve phone app’s procedures fit into and mesh with and extend our previous knowledge.

January is World Health Esteem Month. Here are some simple yet effective daily choices and useful practices to try in the new year.

Many parents feel the impulse to discard any attempt at nuance, and just let their authoritarian streak take over. There is another way to look at it.

A doctor used a smartphone app to keep track of every food, beverage, and medication he ingested for two weeks. Here are the results.

New Year’s Eve is pretty much a grownup occasion, but as always, the kids are watching, and they see more than we realize.

As terrible as a holiday gathering can seem even to an emotionally healthy person, for someone struggling with a serious issue it can be a nightmare.

Here’s how you can keep stress levels low in adults and not transfer them to children because emotional turmoil is a direct cause of overeating at any age.

This and every holiday season, we can’t stress enough the importance of managing expectations, hydration, self-care, and staying away from unhealthy food.

It’s up to parents and guardians to manage children’s expectations around the holidays.

Something about this season brings the serious problem of childhood obesity into special awareness.

Here’s another post with cogent reminders about the importance of mental health during the winter holidays, especially if a person is dealing with issues.

Somehow the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas is a blur, and the next thing we know, it’s three days until Christmas and our clothes don’t fit anymore.

If you find even one idea that can change the compulsive eating dynamic which seems to rule the holiday season, that’s a plus.