According to one meta study, the rate of childhood obesity has multiplied tenfold since 1975. It’s now pushing 20%.

How much of what we call motor activity, including eating as a tension-relieving BFRB, is a perverse response to touch deprivation?

Whether compulsive eating is a substance addiction or a behavioral addiction, the results are pretty much the same: obesity and assorted co-morbidities.

Some studies found quality of life of obese kids to be on a par with that of juvenile chemotherapy patients.

Since disordered overeating so often leads to obesity — why isn’t obesity considered a psychological problem — and an eating disorder?

Obesity bias begins early in childhood. There’s evidence that children as young as four and five respond differently to obese peers than normal-weight peers.

One of the problems with treating obesity is getting some medical professionals on board with compassion for the pain of obese patients and their challenges.

The primary care physician might steer parents toward good nutrition advice. As for the rest, let the obesity consultant do the heavy lifting.

A University of Liverpool study found that when people are aware of being overweight they’re more likely to gain weight. Is ignorance bliss?

Is there such a thing as too much awareness? One study showed that people who perceive themselves to be overweight are at greater risk for weight gain.

In New Jersey, nearly one child in four is overweight or obese. The local YMCA’s Healthy U program offers parents anti-obesity guidelines.

September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Let’s look at the childhood obesity prevention suggestions found at HealthFinder.gov.

Could it be that more obese people experience a higher quality of life because they come closer every day to being a part of the majority?

One of the big mysteries of obesity is whether the children and teenagers are happy or not, and how obesity affects their quality of life.

There are so many ways for obesity to negatively impact a young life, it seems unlikely that anyone could remain emotionally unaffected.

It is easy to see why kids don’t want to talk about their experience of being overweight or obese, because, really, who does?

April Herndon, a proponent of the “Health at Every Size” philosophy, lost 100 pounds and had to deal with some negative feedback and difficult consequences.

Studies show that Bisphenol A (BPA) is an endocrine disruptor and contributes to the childhood obesity epidemic.

The state of Arkansas tried to implement mandatory BMI screenings in schools, which was met with objections from parents on privacy grounds.

Are Chinese kids obese? Are they miserable? Some recent studies looked at the consequences of China’s One Child Policy.

Studies show obesity and impaired emotional health can be mutually reciprocal in perpetuating each other, and the negative impact of obesity increases with age.

Does the quality of life decline because the child is overweight/obese, or do children become overweight/obese in reaction to lives that are already messed up?

Dr. Pretlow has been saying that when children and teens suffer from obesity their lives can be as miserable as the lives of youngsters afflicted by cancer.

Dr. Pretlow’s takeaways on addiction its and treatment from the International Conference on Childhood Obesity he attended in July in Lisbon, Portugal.

Evidence points to phthalates being endocrine disruptors. Their presence is associated with allergies, asthma, diabetes, some kinds of cancer, and obesity.

No matter how you feel about phthalates, they are almost impossible to avoid because of their presence in food, water and air.

Sometimes, when corporations offer financial aid, they may have shady motives, and the intent to exert improper and harmful influence on the political side.

This post talks about the International Food Information Council, a propaganda arm of the Coca-Cola Company and the American Beverage Association, among others.

Coke’s ability to permeate every nook and crevice of life on planet Earth is uncanny, and we’ve been looking into its relationship with CDC.

We’ve been following the developments around the appointment of Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald as director of the CDC and its relationship with the Coca-Cola Company.