obesity

The UK government said on Monday that it will place restrictions on the promotion of food and drinks high in fat, salt, and sugar from April 2022. Under the new ...

While SARS-CoV-2 is a rampant virus that can cause severe problems in vulnerable individuals, the real pandemic—the underlying ...

Some factors of the American obesity epidemic are obvious. We lead sedentary lives with an abundance of tantalizing ...

Obesity and smoking are well-known risk factors for heart disease and cancer. What is less well known is ...

Scientists are urging the government to strengthen public health efforts to address the obesity epidemic in the battle ...

As the prevalence of obesity continues to grow in Canada, a new guideline suggests some fundamental changes in ...

Poor eating habits, the invariability of daily life, and a lack of exercise likely contributed to a decline ...

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a plan on Tuesday to get England fit by pledging £2 billion ...

Overweight Britons are more likely to become seriously ill or die if infected by the CCP virus, according to ...

As worldwide COVID-19-related deaths tip a quarter of a million, a concerning trend is surfacing in the medical literature: ...

According to a new study from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, men who have a history of ...

Youth sports leagues are a great way for children to get physical activity, develop teamwork, and create friendships. ...

There's no way to sugarcoat this news: Nearly half of American adults will be obese within a decade, ...

Commentary With the holidays approaching, few want to think about their weight. It will certainly go up not ...

In a recent New York Times opinion column, dietitian Christy Harrison, an “intuitive eating coach” and author, responded to ...

Long-term use of prescription opioids for chronic pain is more common among people who are overweight or obese, ...

Keeping a lot of light on while you snooze—such as from a television or bright nightlight—has been linked ...

We’ve all wished for it at one time or another. It may have been with your son who ...

You might love sugary doughnuts, but your friends find them too sweet and only take small nibbles. That’s ...

After writing a number of articles about how certain individuals shed more than 100 pounds by altering their ...

Commentary LONDON—I'm not a medical practitioner, but the understanding that sugar equals obesity and diabetes has fascinated me for ...

Losing a few pounds doesn’t seem like an impossible thing to do—it’s just a matter of hitting the ...

Older women who lose weight may have a lower risk of developing invasive breast cancer than those who ...

The U.S. military is grappling with a growing threat from an unlikely source: America’s obesity crisis, a new report ...

When my brother and I were kids back in the ‘80s, we loved going to Long John Silver’s. ...