Here are the 10 main obesity prevention conclusions in an Arkansas public school system experiment backed by the RWJF.

Using edible or drinkable treats as a reward is always a mistake, whether done by teachers or parents.

The Domestic Policy Council wants to slice $193 billion from SNAP outlays over the next 10 years, and make the states pay for 25% of the remaining need.

Close to half of the U.K.’s young adults are said to be overweight. In the 16 to 24 age group, that’s a million more than the same demographic 20 years ago.

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

In New Jersey, nearly one child in four is overweight or obese. The local YMCA’s Healthy U program offers parents anti-obesity guidelines.

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.

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.

Some officials and citizens see “sin” taxation as the most effective way to deter behavior. Others see it as an annoying intrusion by the nanny state.

The state of Arkansas tried to implement mandatory BMI screenings in schools, which was met with objections from parents on privacy grounds.

Are Chinese kids obese? Are they miserable? Some recent studies looked at the consequences of China’s One Child Policy.

Sometimes, when corporations offer financial aid, they may have shady motives, and the intent to exert improper and harmful influence on the political side.

This post talks about the International Food Information Council, a propaganda arm of the Coca-Cola Company and the American Beverage Association, among others.

Coke’s ability to permeate every nook and crevice of life on planet Earth is uncanny, and we’ve been looking into its relationship with CDC.

We’ve been following the developments around the appointment of Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald as director of the CDC and its relationship with the Coca-Cola Company.

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

Unlike in the U.S., in the United Kingdom, interest in the subject of childhood obesity never seems to ebb. It just flows from one controversy to the next.

We keep collecting stray theories about obesity villains — the factors, substances and circumstances suspected of contributing to the obesity epidemic.

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.

Newly appointed Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue rolled back some Obama-era school lunch rules, but every story has two sides.

The USDA recently acquired a new Big Boss, Sonny Perdue, who once ran a fertilizer business and then spent several years as governor of Georgia.

Let’s continue to slog through the complicated history of the United Kingdom’s effort to quell obesity.