Once the parents grasp the fact that their child is obese, how does a primary care physician decide what advice to give them?

For doctors, obesity management is an area where life comes at them fast. News becomes old very quickly, and new theories emerge.

How do medical professionals keep up with new developments? Certain guidelines help diagnose and prescribe treatment for obese patients more consistently.

More attention should be paid to the societal, biological and environmental factors that encourage maternal obesity.

Although the potato’s claim to be the perfect food is neither verified nor refuted here, potato lore is interesting.

One of the problems with treating obesity is getting some medical professionals on board with compassion for the pain of obese patients and their challenges.

The primary care physician might steer parents toward good nutrition advice. As for the rest, let the obesity consultant do the heavy lifting.

Trauma and epidemics are different from chronic illness because nothing is more subjective than chronic illness, and every case is rife with individual factors.

As highly-regarded authority figures doctors are often expected to lead by example, and nutrition education in med school cannot be underestimated.

The concept of one-size-fits-all solutions to obesity no longer applies. Just like with individual reactions to foods, many approaches work.

In honor of the Childhood Obesity Month, Childhood Obesity News has been looking at long-term effects of bad parenting decisions.

In honor of Childhood Obesity Awareness Month, here are some suggestions for parents who want to avoid or reverse obesity in the home.

September is Childhood Obesity Awareness Month. Let’s look at the childhood obesity prevention suggestions found at HealthFinder.gov.

It is easy to see why kids don’t want to talk about their experience of being overweight or obese, because, really, who does?

Who benefits from a sugar tax? If soda companies have to pay more tax for using sugar, they just might switch over to high fructose corn syrup instead.

Scotland’s relationship with sugar has been “intense” and the national diet is notorious for sugar, salt and fat. What is Scotland doing about it?

Public Health England, the health advisory unit in the U.K., stands accused of containing too many people connected with the food and soda industries.

The United Kingdom is set to mobilize its soda tax in April of next year. Naturally, controversy does not cease.

April Herndon, a proponent of the “Health at Every Size” philosophy, lost 100 pounds and had to deal with some negative feedback and difficult consequences.

How is Philadelphia soda tax, implemented earlier this year, doing? It may be too early to tell, and it depends on who is talking.

How did the soda tax, such a reviled and embattled piece of legislation, come into effect in Philadelphia? It was a compromise.

Philadelpia Mayor Jim Kenney supported soda tax for its revenue potential, not to prevent obesity. Does it matter, as long as it’s working?

Studies show that Berkeley had kept its word regarding the soda tax proceeds. A lot of it was spent on children’s health programs.

With the city’s low consumption and high income, Berkeley’s soda tax data might not have much bearing on the possibilities for other cities.

We are looking at how the cities across U.S. are using soda tax revenue to fund anti-childhood obesity measures and public health programs.

At the CDC, Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald took over a government agency which Coca-Cola executives have been fairly open about their attempts to influence.

This is a convoluted story of political machinations involving the Coca-Cola Company, so buckle up.

We are discussing microbiome awareness and ways that could possibly help people maintain normal weight without spending thousands on debilitating operations.

Fear of sinking profits has inspired beverage companies to seek sugar substitutes to escape the sugar tax that kicks in next year in the UK.

This post touches upon the fermented beverages like kvass and kefir, as well as Coca-Cola’s ready-to-drink coffee business in Japan, and its “sleep water.”