Overweight and obese children and teens are more likely to self-harm, engage in emotional or binge eating, and to develop eating disorders.

According to its detractors, the film reinforces stereotypes and does not accurately portray the loneliness and isolation felt by anorexics in real life.

“To the Bone” was excoriated as being tone-deaf, a missed opportunity, devoid of true insight, and right next door to “pro-ana porn.”

Many experts say wheat is harmful to the digestive system, even if people don’t have celiac disease or outright intolerance or allergy.

Wheat is one of the eight most prevalent allergens, and as we have seen, allergens and addictors are often the same foods.

If wheat is not an addictor, why do so many people testify to their own experience of being addicted to it?

We continue our discussion of the roundup of our holiday posts and how the holiday season can affect the issues related to obesity.

What better time could there be for a collection of posts germane to the seasonal holidays, with a few remarks about each one?

Childhood Obesity News salutes the discovery of a new suspected obesity villain — the confectionary Advent calendar.

Researchers had accepted that when it comes to recognizing what constitutes the developmental pathway to obesity “multi-factorial” is the word of the century.

Genes influence a person’s brain and behavior. They influence obesity too, but after that, almost everything else is a big mystery.

Studies show that the genetic basis of obesity is multi-factorial, unsurprisingly.

Despite widespread official disapproval, millions of people believe that food addiction is a “thing” and treat their eating disorders as an addiction.

In order for doubters to believe in the existence of food addiction, whose testimony would satisfy the requirements?

Why is there a shortage of professionals who are willing to support the idea of employing addiction treatment methods on obesity?

Thin privilege means that overweight people have to put up with things that normal-weight people can’t even imagine.

In the U.K., more than 80 organizations signed a letter asking Coca-Cola to stop giving away sugary beverages via its truck holiday tour.

A little advance planning can smooth out the bumpy parts of traveling with an obese child. So good luck with that, and happy holidays!

Being a Passenger of Size involves various humiliations inflicted by fellow passengers and logistical nightmares.

A discussion of the work of the pseudonymous “Your Fat Friend,” whose mission is to help people become aware of what it’s like to exist as an obese person.

Strangely, many people’s anecdotal accounts of weight loss include a remark to the effect that they would not have made the effort, if not for fat-shaming.

Is food addiction a substance addiction? A behavioral addiction? If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, quacks like a duck — chances are, it is a duck.

Today we return to the concept of food addiction, which some critics have recently complained has no utility.

In the standup comedy culture obesity is both a weapon and a defense, an asset and a liability. But there is a whole other side to this apparent connection.

Many interesting things happen at the intersection of obesity and comedy, and there have always been famous overweight or obese actors and standup comics.

Does obesity cause MS? Some researchers read the evidence as an absolute yes, but it hasn’t been proven.

The metabolic syndrome, also known as insulin resistance, increases risk for type 2 diabetes and heart disease, and is linked to obesity.

What if one of the main factors in diabetes management is Vitamin D deficiency? And is obesity a symptom of thyroid disease, or a cause?

A growing number of children and teens live with type 2 diabetes. Experts linked this with the dramatic increase, over the same time span, of childhood obesity.

Pro-inflammatory macrophages trigger low-grade inflammation that promotes systemic insulin resistance. Or… does the insulin resistance cause the inflammation?