Twoweeksfromthebeginningof2018,mostpeoplewillmakethesameNewYear’sresolution–cutdownontheirweight.CommonNewYear’sresolutionsincludeeatinghealthier,workingoutmore
ACaliforniawomanlost77poundsinoneyearaftershemadeaNewYear’sresolutiontocookallofherfamily’smealsathome.“Iturnedtomyhusbandandsaidforthefirsttime,‘I’mconsidering
ANewYorkUniversitystudyfoundthatmicebornviac-sectiongainmoreweightthanthosebornvaginally.That'sprobablybecausetheprocedurechangesabody'smicrobiome,thesetofbacte
Australianscientistshaveidentifiedthefivemaindiet-relatedpersonalitytypesandwhytheystruggletoloseweight.Australia'slargest-everdietandpersonalitysurvey,conducte
Scientistshavefoundaswitch-likemechanismforburningfatafterameal,accordingtoastudyreleasedonTuesdaythatofferedapotentialnoveltargetforthetreatmentofobesity.Resea
ExperimentsattheUniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,indicatethatobesemicewholosttheirsenseofsmellalsolostweight.Incontrast,micewithaboostedsenseofsmell,orso-calleds
Childrenandadolescentsagedsixyearsandoldershouldbescreenedforobesity,theU.S.PreventiveServicesTaskForce(USPSTF)recommendedTuesday.Inafinalrecommendationstatemen
JonahHill'snewbodmightbethebiggestsurpriseofthesummer.Theactorsteppedoutovertheweekendlookingalmostunrecognizable.Hill'sfollowersimmediatelybegancommentingonsoc
Children of obese parents more likely to be clumsy, not good with people and have trouble solving problems in early life, study finds. Fine motor skills and social competence compromised in children of obese parents, and doctors don’t know why. Also in health news: artists’ brush strokes may be window to degenerative brain disorders
The world's most obese man in Mexico is about to undergo weight-loss treatment, local media reported on Wednesday.
In 2007, a policy was enacted in Chengdu, Sichuan province requiring students’ schoolbags to be lighter than 10 percent of their body weight. However, the average weight of schoolbags in the province doesn't seem to have been measurably reduced since the restriction went into effect. In fact, if anything, the weight of bags has continued to increase.
There’s a male obesity crisis in the UK, but could a new scheme that combines the beautiful game with diet programmes for men score where others haven’t?
Beijing health authorities will spend a year monitoring the overweight and obesity rate in the city's schools as part of an effort to reduce the number of fat children.
The extreme Paleo diet, which recommends the exclusive consumption of food available to early humans, increases weight gain according to experts.
Emotional eating is playing a substantial role in fuelling Australia's obesity epidemic, according to a new research.
Diet more important than exercise to lose weight: study
In a study of 417 women participating in weight loss programs for up to 24 months, those who sustained a 10 percent or more loss of their body weight for two years reduced their total cholesterol, LDL "bad" cholesterol, HDL "good" cholesterol, triglycerides, insulin, glucose and inflammation markers.