Researchers are trying out genetic manipulation, appetite-curbing drugs, cognitive therapy, electric stimulation of the brain, and more, to combat PWS.

Prof. Liping Zhao isolated a strain of enterobacter cloacae called b29 and introduced it into the bodies of sterile mice. Here’s what happened.

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.

What are the challenges faced by people who go on to lose a huge proportion of their body weight?

A child who never becomes overweight is far less likely to become an obese teen or a morbidly obese adult.

It isn’t every day that someone files a lawsuit against the Coca-Cola Company and the American Beverage Association (ABA). Who does this?

An advocacy group called The Praxis Project is suing Coca-Cola for deceiving consumers about the negative health impact caused by its products.

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

One reason for Coke’s unpopularity among thought leaders is the appearance of corruption. People feel suspicious, and with good reason.

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.

Researchers accumulated information about how obesity in childhood and adolescence can set off a chain of consequences that will impact adult lives.

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

When it comes to maintaining long-term weight loss, people need to know how to use their energy for self-betterment rather than self-destruction, among other things.

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.

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.

The question of the proposed sugar tax in the U.K. has been a bone of contention. Will it happen, or will it not?

Childhood Obesity News has been tracking the anti-sugar movement as it manifests in the United Kingdom.

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

The taxpayers can’t afford to pay for all the illness caused by all the obesity, yet the taxpayers keep on getting fat.

The beverage industry should stop spending so much on advertising to kids, leave prices where they are, pay the tax, and eat the difference.

The struggle to reduce sugar consumption via an economic solution is entwined with the eternal British problem of class warfare.

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.

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