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.

The UK is Europe’s third most obese nation, groaning under the expense of obesity-related illness. Will the long-awaited sugar tax change anything?

Last November the Scottish branch of the National Health Service came out with a recommendation for government-run fat camps for kids.

Recent research may help develop pharmaceuticals that activate “brown fat” — thus making a difference for people suffering from diabetes and obesity.

Do children have more brown fat because they are thin, or are they thin because they have more brown fat?

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

Fat freezing is an FDA-approved treatment that has been around for a while, mainly under the name of CoolSculpting. But is it safe?

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.

Prof. of Microbiology Liping Zhao investigates the interactions between host genetics, diet and the microbiome, using himself as a subject.

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.

We’ve been following the story of Oklahoma City’s transformation, when Mayor Mike Cornett led the people to undertake what was described as a war on fat.

In Oklahoma City, Mayor Mike Cornett led the people to undertake what was described as a war on fat. Here’s more on the amazing transformation of Oklahoma city.

When Oklahoma City mayor Mick Cornett challenged the citizens in 2012 to collectively lose a million pounds 47,000 people signed up.

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.

Childhood Obesity News has been tracing the recent history of weight-loss drugs, of which Vyvanse is an example.

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.

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 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.

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.