A very large percentage of overweight and obese children have experienced bullying, especially at school.

What happens when kids are bullied, teased, and stigmatized for being overweight?

The effects of different parenting styles play out differently, depending on family income, and preschool children are most noticeably affected by poverty.

The challenge is to recognize the multifactorial nature of the child obesity epidemic, and yet identify and rank the individual factors, like parenting style.

A postscript to the discussion of the University of Michigan study of how mothers and children talk about food and eating.

A study showed child and mother food talk was associated with child obesogenic eating behavior, when obesity prevention interventions may be most beneficial.

Studies have found that a child who helps to prepare a meal is likely to eat more of it, and talking about food as a family is also helpful.

The success of some programs demonstrates that relatively simple, no-cost changes in home routines can help reduce childhood obesity.

An in-home intervention program initiated by Massachusetts General Hospital slightly reduced the risk of childhood obesity for the participating families.

Some programs successfully involve parents in school-based interventions to prevent childhood obesity while others do not. What works and what doesn’t?

Summer vacation can be a recipe for extra pounds, and many young people return to school in worse shape that when the previous term ended.

Being conscientious about serving sizes can set the stage for later trouble or success, and parents exert enormous influence on their kids by setting examples.

Whether parents know it or not, and whether they like it or not, they set an example every minute of every day when it comes to eating well and portion sizes.

ParentCorps, a family program at the NYU’s Center for Healthful Behavior Change, aims to prevent many of the co-morbidities associated with obesity.

Let’s look at some thoughts that have been voiced and recorded about the role of parents in their children’s recovery from obesity.

When addictive behaviors are the issue, the surroundings and the people in those surroundings are crucial. This applies to food addiction and obesity as well.

A continuation of the series chronicling the quest for knowledge about the central nervous pathways responsible for establishing metabolic control.

In chronological order, Childhood Obesity News looks at studies and discoveries about the intersection of oxytocin with weight loss.

The body’s dopaminergic system is influenced by oxytocin, which is why it has been looked at as a potential door into dependencies, addictions, and compulsions.

In most cases, an addicted person comes back from “getting clean” into the same environment where the addiction took hold. This never bodes well.

Some describe addiction as neither a moral failing nor a disease, but an adaptation, although the methods addicts use might be hard to understand.

Many people are more than ready for oxytocin to be a miracle drug, and so far, it is not. Except, perhaps, as an anti-obesity or anti-addiction drug.

Some research indicates oxytocin could potentially not only treat obesity, but prevent it from happening. These developments are worth keeping an eye on.

It seemed that Childhood Obesity News’ examination of currently available weight-loss drugs had come to an end, but no. Oxytocin might be in the running.

Some food myths debunked: chocolate does not cause acne; most store-bought yogurt is crap; margarine kills; salt does not kill; and coffee is okay.

No matter how earnestly we strive to hear there may be real-world limits on what can be done to help obese kids and prevent childhood obesity.

Following an effective strategy for cholecalciferol supplementation should be an imperative practice, especially for overweight and obese individuals.

We need Vitamin D for bone health, muscle function, and an effective immune system, but the jury is still out when it comes to treating obesity, MS or diabetes.

We are keeping an eye on AD04, because the drug is believed to have the potential to treat not only AUD but opioid use disorder, gambling, and obesity.

The opioid antagonist naxolone is also known to alleviate food cravings, which lends credence to the idea that food and/or eating can be addictive.