Both officials and the public should try to recognize the complexity of obesity before making determinations of parental neglect.

Childhood Obesity News is tracing the history of opinion about whether society should criminalize parents for letting their kids get fat.

Connor McCreadie is the British 8-year-old whose case was the first to stir public interest in identifying obesity enablement as child abuse.

At some point, it became feasible to define obesity as a condition that the state should be concerned with.

Is it any wonder that parents turn away from the complicated issue of childhood obesity in despair, and spend their energy addressing other problems?

Even parents who don’t believe that kids need numerous feedings throughout the day are forced to be part of the problem. Just bring water? It’s not that simple.

How are parents supposed to teach the younger generation to cope with stress by mobilizing healthy responses rather than diving into comfort eating and obesity?

Per one school of thought, there are three major parenting styles: authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive. What are the differences?

Some believe that talking to a child about is or her weight is inevitably harmful, but what can concerned parents do?

If a kid develops a higher consciousness about eating, maybe because of athletic ambitions, or to look better in clothes, just be grateful, and be quiet.

Even with a healthfully-stocked and affordable grocery store nearby, working parents just don’t have time to shop, prepare, and cook.

Dr. Pretlow compares fast food outlets and junk-food stores to triggers. Can a society do anything to eliminate constant triggering of the impulse to eat?

Childhood Obesity News has been looking at the development of thought around the subject of food deserts and their impact on the low-income neighborhoods.

Childhood Obesity News looks at some of the ups and downs in thinking about food deserts, food scarcity, and food insecurity.

It’s a challenge for people with little money to feed themselves and their families under the best of circumstances, without the whole food-desert issue.

Over 200 Food Policy Councils in the U.S. embrace farmers, retailers and distributors, at every stage of the massive undertaking known as feeding the people.

USDA admitted in its report on food deserts that proximity to a supermarket doesn’t seem to affect food choices very much. What other factors affect this issue?

Childhood Obesity News looks into several other factors that can contribute to what has become known as the food desert phenomenon.

An exciting upcoming CHLA study will look into “An Addiction-Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching.”

The “fat tax” is not only monetary — it’s paid in frustration, humiliation, and impossible choices — and not just while traveling.

When taste receptors are triggered by certain kinds of chemical molecules, they in turn tell the body to mobilize a defense mechanism.

This post finalizes the summary of posts about the intersection of overuse with tobacco, alcohol, and food. One area not covered yet is the presence of pharmacological intervention in tobacco, alcohol, and food limitation, so we have that to look forwa …

What can be learned from attempts to limit alcohol and tobacco addiction, and how do we apply that experience to curbing food overconsumption, and thus obesity?

This series of “zipping” posts summarizes all the articles that explore the intersections between alcohol, tobacco, food, and threats to the public good.

What methods might carry over from smoking cessation programs and alcohol interventions to help prevent obesity?

Being capable of delivering junk food, soda, cigarettes, and even alcoholic beverages, vending machines are an obesity villain.

Can anti-obesity efforts, especially those imposed by government orders, borrow from smoking cessation efforts or programs designed to end alcohol addiction?

Is it wrong to appeal to large, perspiring women on the basis that the product will make them smell less offensive, especially when the product might be unsafe?

We know talcum powder causes inflammation. The question is, does talc cause cancer by causing inflammation in the ovaries?

According to the American Cancer Society, some talc contains asbestos, a known carcinogen when inhaled.