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.

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

The stress eater, the nervous eater, the bored eater, and the emotionally traumatized eater, all have the same goal — experience comfort.

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

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Many college-age kids are adversely sensitive to overstimulation by noise and light, and self-medicate with the wrong kinds of food, and too much of it.

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

Childhood is the time to spread out before a young human the smorgasbord of possibilities, consisting not of food items but of experience items.

Oprah talks candidly about her own experience trying to lose weight in a special that aired on March 18 and is getting a lot of attention.

Yes, the global marketing machine is powerful, but parents do not have to hopelessly surrender to it. Resistance to junk food is possible.

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.

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

There’s a proven correlation between increasing child obesity and the ever-mounting abundance of ultra-processed foods in stores and family kitchens.

One might think the synergy between sporting events and recreational eating could not go back much further, but one would be mistaken.

It is in the best interest of Big Junk Food to normalize the consumption of crap on every possible occasion, and the industry’s publicity machine is excellent.

The United States food industry spends $10 billion on marketing. Here’s what 10 billion looks like when we put it in perspective and compare it to other causes.

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With contests and material rewards, companies actively train (or perhaps “groom” is the word) children to be avid consumers.

The food and beverage industry’s efforts to recruit as many bent academics as possible to volubly cheer for Team Sugar is part of a larger strategy.

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

Marketing should be a grown-up conversation, with the kids left out of it. Advertising to children is gradual brainwashing to get what the adult wants.

Because children do not yet have the necessary cognitive skills in place they are unable to tell the difference between entertainment and advertising.

Let’s take a look at the latest headlines to glimpse at what’s happening in the world of weight loss meds.

How about just not advertising to minors, period? After all, it’s not as if every child in America has a paycheck burning a hole in her or his pocket.

While some companies became more conscious and more conscientious, we’ve seen plenty of examples that have no connection with morality, profitable or otherwise.

The weight loss drug market is heating up to keep up with the demand despite soaring prices.

This is an overview of the food industry’s ambitious project of brainwashing children to nag their parents to buy them the worst possible excuses for food.