Scientists have found a protein that can promote the burning of body fat – a discovery that could lead to new ways to tackle obesity.

Alabama, pushed to third in national obesity rankings by deep-fried Southern favorites, is cracking down on state workers who are too fat.

We all like chubby kids and go gaga over the baby weight as soon as they are born. She was 4.8 Lbs! Well we do take pride in this and for many more years to come,...

Argentine senators have approved a bill declaring obesity and other eating disorders diseases covered by the nation’s public and private health care programs.

You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy.

In a discovery that could help obese people and those afflicted with diabetes, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies has devised a new tablet that could help people...

Children carrying the first gene that has been clearly linked to obesity find it harder than others to tell when they are full, London-based researchers say.

Matthew noted earlier the connections between a high meat, high processed food-based diet and climate change; It has also been noted that obesity is an environmental...

Research shows that fruit juices, regarded by many as a healthy way to start the day, raise the odds of a form of diabetes linked to poor diet and obesity by up to a...

Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee lead the nation when it comes to obesity, a new government survey reports.More than 30 percent of adults in each of those states...

Obese means having much of body fat that the health is at risk. Too much body fat can lead to heart diesease, diabetes, sleep apnea, high blood pressure and arthistis.

In a study, researchers found that obese patients who had stents placed in diseased arteries had a lower incidence of adverse cardiac events than their normal-weight...

New studies are showing how important lifestyle choices are for preventing Alzheimer’s. As demonstrated by several studies, people who were severely overweight,...

According to Canadian researchers people who had surgery for getting rid of morbid obesity had a much lower risk of cancer then the obese ones who did not go through...

Earlier this week the big news in Australia was how the country is now the World’s Fattest Nation: Australia has become the fattest nation in the world, with...

Japan wants to cut the flab. The country is taking extreme measures to restrict the waistlines to 33.5 inches for men and 35.4 inches for women. The government has...

Picture this: Its vacation time, the gullis and the building compounds look like a cricket or a soccer ground. The kids are engrossed in their games, aping their...

I’ve heard it all now! This morning I had just woken up and was listening to the BBC news on the radio when I heard a news piece saying that some ridiculous...

People who sleep fewer than six hours a night _ or more than nine _ are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that is one of the largest to show...

A recent study published in the journal Obesity adds new findings to our knowledge about alcohol, insulin resistance and abdominal obesity. Analysis of the results as...