When it comes to eating, mindfulness can protect us against inner urges by teaching us how to evaluate and reinterpret scrambled messages.

In Colombia, right-wing paramilitary groups serve as private armies to protect the interests of Coca-Cola and other corporate entities.

Exploitation of the disadvantaged in countries with struggling economies inspires a deep dislike of Coca-Cola and its gang of sugar pushers.

Coca-Cola loves to invest in emerging markets, and it’s in the middle of a 10-year plan calling for $17 billion worth of investment in the African continent.

A recent CSPI report says soda manufacturers invest “heavily to boost consumption in low- and middle-income countries.”

A Duke University study shows that each obese child will incur about $20,000 worth of lifetime costs for health problems related to obesity.

After a study found 287 industrial chemicals in the umbilical cords of the U.S.-born babies the idea of obesogenic POPs was taken seriously.

Studies have found that women afflicted with anorexia nervosa possess fewer total gut bacteria, especially of particular varieties.

Do abnormalities in the gut influence the brain, or do abnormalities in the brain influence the gut?

Why do people compulsively overeat? How does it compensate for the disappointments of life? Is binge eating a behavioral addiction?

When the wrong populations of bacteria get out of control they can stir up depression and anxiety disorders. What is going on down there?

How could the microscopic creatures in our gastrointestinal tract impact our mental and emotional health? Studies show they do.

This post continues to follow the progress of efforts to end child obesity in the United Kingdom.

With a childhood obesity rate of up to 40 percent in the United Kingdom, the struggle against obesity has been ferocious and divisive.

There’s a backlash against the beverage industry and sugar-sweetened beverages, and Coca-Cola advertising in particular.

Coca-Cola ads and commercials are usually met with harsh criticism from the industry anti-obesity advocates, who speak against the soda giant.

McDonald’s is known for its obesity-promoting corporate brainwashing techniques aimed at its customers, including kids.

Unwilling to be identified as childhood obesity villains, some McDonald’s allies (including Disney) have been abandoning ship.

Almost one-third of children’s hospitals are embracing fast-food outlets on their premises. What’s in it for the kids?

Standup comedians Bert Kreischer and Tom Segura engage in a mock feud and good-natured mutual fat-shaming, spurring fan reactions.

Some studies claim that diet soda has no connection with excess weight and that low-calorie sweeteners may be better than water — but who is funding them?

Childhood Obesity News has been looking at the links between microbiome and food allergies, addiction, and eating disorders.

Studies show that the leaky gut syndrome can indirectly lead to obesity, but its contributing factors are not yet clear.

It appears that the microbiome is able to influence appetite and its delinquent sister, craving.

Will our kids grow up to be so intractably heavy that wearing a personal stomach pump will become the norm Even fashionable?

To get up to speed, see yesterday’s post on the reverse feeding tube, and we will consider the lifestyle changes involved in having one of these installed. What is it like to live with AspireAssist? Sara G. Miller interviewed Dr. Shelby Sullivan of the …

The new reverse feeding tube/stomach pump device called AspireAssist has been called strange, gross, enabling, and a Big Pharma scam.

The more strenuously a person tries to reach a weight below her or his predetermined “set point,” the harder the body will fight back.

Several online companies delivers healthful, natural snacks to the subscriber at regular intervals, but is snacking a form of binge eating?

Yesterday, Childhood Obesity News mentioned the previous posts that have dealt with the role of pets in combatting overweight and obesity in kids. Today, we start by looking back over the posts about the serious and widespread problem of obese pets. Th …