When it comes to obesity, her Majesty’s subjects are eternally interested in how their country compares to the rest of the world.

When the government will not pay for necessary science private interests are only too happy to bestow dollars and influence outcomes.

Is it possible that, after a basic physical exam, the vast majority of patients afflicted with obesity should be referred to mental health professionals?

No general practitioner can effectively guide a weight loss course, because it’s time- and labor-intensive.

One of the many things Dr. Pretlow has learned from the Weigh2Rock kids is that “knowing how to eat right” is not enough.

Here are half a dozen more examples of how, when it comes to obesity research, the certainties of the past become the mysteries of today.

A field as large as obesity is bound to attract and generate plenty of theories and conflicting ideas. Sometimes facts change right before our very eyes.

There’s often backlash over “fat hate” and how obesity is portrayed in TV shows and social media.

What societal and cultural nonsense has contributed to the fascination with starvation?

The 5th Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders probably did more to muddy the waters than to clarify them.

The online discussions of eating disorders emphasize the importance of realizing that those generally need to be treated by mental health professionals.

Ana, the nickname for anorexia, is personified as the “goddess of emaciation” by pro-ana activists. Many find their message disturbing.

To a pro-ana activist, anorexia is not an illness but an exalted calling that is esteemed, cultivated, and preached.

Today’s subject of concern is the pro-ana movement, which obsessively promotes anorexia, or rather, the erroneous understanding of it.

Young people who watch TV shows with junk food ads are more likely to consume more snacks and soda than watchers of TV with no ads.

According to some sources, the “Ultimate Junk Food” that you “never even knew was a junk food” are nut and vegetable oils, packed with fat.

Many companies that use the “The Ultimate Junk Food” phrase are selling product, and we are going to look at some of the language they use.

Junk food has calories galore, along with a noteworthy shortage of micronutrients, and is notorious for being highly processed and refined.

Scotland is trying to come up with some policies that would actually make a difference to the next generation’s health when it comes to obesity prevention.

Why do people eat when they are not hungry? Because of appetite, which is pretty much extrinsic.

We’re stopping short of endorsing NFGFC Chair Jake Steinfeld’s blanket statement that obesity is preventable by just making changes in diet and exercise.

Being a grownup means you can eat five pounds of chocolate-covered bacon at one sitting. Being a grownup in therapy means you don’t.

There might be some evidence the use of a pacifier somehow causes obesity, but the clues about the relationship are elusive and fragmentary.

Who knew that there could be so many disturbing connections between obesity and the common baby pacifier?

We are looking at direct and indirect connections between pacifier use and obesity.

What is the relationship between childhood obesity and the use of pacifiers?

Is there a link between obesity and pacifier use? And do pacifiers interfere with breastfeeding?

In Britain, Lord Ian McColl was a professor of surgery for nearly 30 years, and has been a member of the House of Lords since 1989. He popularized the magnificent slogan quoted in the title of this post, which refers to the obesity epidemic that kills …

When it comes to children’s diet and “nutritional inequality,” research shows socioeconomic factors and emotional issues play a role.

One study showed that the mother’s consumption of artificially sweetened beverages did not affect birth weight, but the difference showed up within a year.