Prof. of Microbiology Liping Zhao investigates the interactions between host genetics, diet and the microbiome, using himself as a subject.

Trillions of microbiota live mostly in the colon and display intriguing connections with obesity or the lack of it.

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.

Did you know some registered dietitians are financially rewarded by Coke and the American Beverage Association to hype products and ideas via social media?

Of all the childhood obesity epidemic’s aspects, one of the most alarming is the ever-decreasing age of puberty. Worse, each condition exacerbates the other.

Research shows that in the pursuit of weight loss, human support system and attention from a caring professional might be more effective than calorie counting.

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

Predictors of long-term weight-loss maintenance have not been clearly identified because, in large part, there is scarcity of long-term data to test hypotheses.

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.

Considering the proportions and implications of the obesity crisis humanity can’t afford to dismiss any ideas. We’re grasping at straws.

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.

Today we take a closeup look at where eating starts, and where, by logical extension, most obesity starts — the human mouth.

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 now seems entirely possible that the consumption of four particular kinds of microbes can allay human anxiety, without side effects.

Anxiety and depression are two of the main triggers of disordered eating behavior. Do the gut bugs have anything to do with enabling it?

Maybe answers to both diabetes and misery-based obesity can be discovered by listening to and befriending the microbiota.

Interpersonal and cognitive behavioral therapies have been determined to be some of the most promising treatments for eating disorders.

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 idea that food and laughter are equally capable of providing nourishment and curative power is an old one, but recent studies suggest just that.

Contrary to the comforting notion that co-morbidities are far away down the road, renal problems don’t necessarily build up slowly or wait for years to strike.

A lot of teenagers are afflicted by obesity and something else. When two things go wrong, they are now co-morbidities.

Studies show that overweight or obese children are at a much greater risk of developing high blood pressure. Between 1997 and 2006, hospitalizations for hypertension-related pediatric illnesses almost doubled.

Growing up obese can have all kinds of consequences in life, including less of that life as measured in years. And consequences don’t always wait for “later.”

Studies show that childhood obesity could lead to hearing loss, the loss of sense of smell and idiopathic intracranial hypertension.

Overweight and obese kids tend to become overweight and obese adults, with the associated risk of a shortened life expectancy.

Recent studies revealed that obesity may relate to a child’s decreased ability to think quickly and thus could be negatively related to academic achievement.