Obesity appears to follow the pattern of having not only a gigantic, pervasive cause or two, but an arsenal of little tricks to bring people under its sway.

A look at how Ozempic may increase fertility and why experts caution hopeful parents against using the drug.

Research shows that children and adolescents are experiencing obesity on a scale that would have been impossible to imagine, say, back in the 1990s.

We continue looking at the latest headlines in the fascinating and controversial world of GLP-1 weight loss drugs.

A Swedish study suggests that obese children may face more than double the risk of developing multiple sclerosis as adults.

As childhood obesity just grows and grows, the need for a precise obesity metric is more crucial than ever. This is where waist-to-height ratio comes in.

No surprise there, but both children and adults are vulnerable to having their lives negatively impacted by junk food advertising.

A new study from Norway confirms that a combination of genetics and environment causes a parent’s weight to affect the weight of their kids.

What are the effective methods in weight management and reducing childhood obesity? Opinions vary. This is what research shows.

A Spanish study finds that children with normal weight hosted more diverse bacteria and showed greater resilience to BPA than the overweight ones.

A recent Danish study underscores the symbiotic relationship between medication and exercise in combating obesity.

We have seen that researchers easily obtain from children confessions about how they harass their parents to get their substances of choice.

Manufacturers had built “arsenals of data profiling services” using artificial intelligence and machine learning to advertise junk food to kids.

Two recent studies reveal the worsening of severe childhood obesity and cast doubt on the AAP guidelines.

This is the continuation of an exploration of the possible negative effects of the new wave of weight-loss drugs, which began with a recent post.

New research found that the majority of people who are prescribed anti-obesity medication discontinue the drugs after a year.

The new anti-obesity meds were touted as miraculous for a while. Then slowly, the miraculous illusion began to fade. Here’s why the honeymoon might be over.

Recent reports show that at least three hours per day of light physical activity, which includes walking, doing chores, biking, etc., can reduce obesity.

There’s mounting evidence that with or without surgery or GLP-1 drugs, continuing lifestyle modification is the only road to ultimate victory.

The question is whether the seemingly miraculous new weight-loss drugs are enough, in and of themselves, to permanently and meaningfully change people’s lives.

To put it bluntly, weight loss drugs don’t work unless the patient is also involved in some aspect of what the drug makers define as intervention.

Our goal should be to help children develop a healthy relationship to food. Foisting character-branded products on them undermines that effort.

One study showed that children who are already obese are more vulnerable than normal-weight children to the blandishments of TV food ads.

For the past few months, the -tide drugs (GLP-1 agonists) have dominated obesity news. The debate over the new weight-loss drugs is ongoing.

Wherever people are overwhelmed by cravings, and afflicted by disorders like binge eating and stress eating, gigantic corporations stand by.

How much can the weight-loss drugs containing semaglutide or tirzepatide contribute to rewiring the brain in a direction that is not healthy?

There are arguments against GLP-1 agonists, the seemingly miraculous drugs that have garnered so much publicity lately.

What kind of personal feedback would kids want from their ideal telehealth program? One study looked into it.

It might seem obvious, but one study proved that if we can keep kids from getting obese they won’t sit around so much in later life.

Would information technology be more efficacious in helping parents develop the awareness and skills to give their kids the healthiest possible start in life?