Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Population-level childhood obesity/overweight prevalence did not drop in Gateshead, England, after a policy that ...

There could be 227 million obese children worldwide by 2040. But as South Korea and Denmark have shown, it is possible to tackle this crisis, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at the Un ...

As millions of U.S. citizens enter January 2026 pledging to “eat better” and “lose weight,” new national research from a company called MyBodyTutor reveals a sobering reality: stress is one of the ...

Fast food gets a bad rap. Everyone points fingers at burger joints when discussing America's weight struggles, but reality isn't that simple. Our bodies respond to countless factors beyond just quick ...

Planning policies to restrict the number of new fast-food outlets leads to fewer overweight and obese children according to research led by Lancaster University. Researchers examined the impact of ...

I swing the car into the tiny parking spot. Before the car completely stops, Leni jumps out and makes a dash to the door. Leni and I eat out for lunch four times a week. With limited choices in ...

A combination of factors has contributed to the American epidemic of obesity — among them increased consumption of nutritionally poor foods, decreased physical activity and environmental influences ...

An analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data revealed that each additional fast-food meal per week was associated with a 4% higher likelihood of depression. This ...