Those who want to lose weight would have to shed old eating habits. Eating is a behavior, and behavioral addictions are amenable to behavioral therapy.

Jerome Groopman’s article in The New Yorker touches upon our perception of body fat, popular diets, size acceptance, and the latest in obesity research.

Childhood Obesity News has been looking at matters connected with the United Kingdom’s sugar tax. Among other things, what people require are coping skills.

Rather than merely dispensing nutrition advice, we need to teach how to cope with life challenges and encourage change in overweight people’s behavior.

Some proponents are leveraging their support for the proposed sugar tax against assurances the the government will do more to curb obesity.

The sugar tax opponents in the U.K. will diplomatically concede that a sugar tax might work — if sugar were the sole cause of obesity — which, alas, it is not.

Is what you know about fat wrong? Childhood Obesity News explores the latest research findings on this complex organ and its links to the obesity epidemic.

Low-fat processed foods are not remarkably delicious on their own. Add massive injections of sugar and salt, wrap it in a gaudy package, and we’ve got a winner.

Research proves that some epigenetic changes can be passed along to children and even grandchildren.

As if the multi-factorial plague of obesity were not complicated enough already, it seems that epigenetics must be counted in the equation.

Studies indicate that the average British child ingests the equivalent of five doughnuts’ worth of “hidden sugar” each and every day.

Childhood Obesity News continues to chronicle various aspects of the struggle to institute a sugar tax in Great Britain.

Childhood Obesity News has accused soda, pizza and potato snacks of being incomparable obesity villains, but breakfast cereal is in that class too.

When things are not going well in the digestive tract, where trillions of organisms make their home, the rest of the body will not fare well.

When a healthful balance is in effect, the interests of the microbiome and the human host are aligned. With bacteria out of balance bad things can happen.

Metabolism has a lot to do with obesity, and when it comes to health and healing, the care and feeding of the microbiome might be the next big thing.

McDonald’s has been accused of breaking its promise not to carry on marketing in schools, and of using charity as a shield to distract its critics.

Like with all the advertising mascots, Ronald McDonald’s mission is to infiltrate and undermine the parents’ role as authority figures. Should he just retire?

Last fall, the corporate HQ announced that Ronald was going to chill for a while, at least until the clown hysteria passed, so he hadn’t been doing much.

Studies show that people who live together and/or are related have very similar microbiomes. What does this mean for people who struggle with diabetes?

Dr. Pretlow gave an oral presentation in Haifa, Israel, at the 4th International Conference on Behavioral Addictions, on a pilot study of obesity treatment.

Studies show that people who are related and/or live together share large swaths of their microbial populations.

Today’s absurd joke too often becomes tomorrow’s reality, as is the case with some of the obesity-related “cures” and theories.

Coca-Cola uses bribery, intimidation and coercive campaigns to squash the rivals and those trying to reduce soda consumption in Central and South Americas.

Whenever the idea of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages to prevent obesity is discussed people react by asking for studies. Problem is, there aren’t many.

The connections between poverty and obesity are familiar territory. No government wants to deal with them, but a sugar tax brings at least partial satisfaction.

KillerCoke.org reports that, in some areas of Mexico, the Coca-Cola Co. buys up all the water, so there is basically nothing to imbibe except their products.

One of Coca-Cola ads set in Mexico has been called racist, condescending, and an attempt to force consumer culture down the throats of indigenous people.

Coco-Cola’s response to requests for decreased sugar was to sell drinks with the same proportionate amount of it but in smaller units.

Is Pepsi competing with Coca-Cola to be the poster child for the Promote Child Obesity While Pretending to Care club?