Filed under: Food, Happy Hour Hero, Health Our happy hour fact to amaze your drinking buddies with. Slightly chubby people live six to seven years longer than the very...

Obesity and Global Warming Obese people are blamed of causing global warming. High rates of obesity in richer countries cause up to 1bn extra tons of greenhouse gas...

Climate change and obesity are the most talked about issues today. No one is left untouched by them. However, a relationship between the two is surprising. New findings...

Obesity leads to many ailments. In your opinion, what’s the best way to keep obesity in check? Pulling down the iron rod and sweating in the gym, right? After human...

The Economist introduces us to Hamlin, West Virginia. Hamlin is one of the fattest, most unhealthiest towns in America where people seem to be content to eat...

An independent study conducted by economists at the U.S. Department of Labor reports data which show that overweight women makes less than their thinner counterparts....

When it comes to favorite foods, women have a hard time saying no _ a much harder time than men, scientists have discovered.

Faced with their favorite foods, women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the higher obesity rate for females, a new...

Faced with their favorite foods, women are less able than men to suppress their hunger, a discovery that may help explain the higher obesity rate for females, a new...

Obesity surgery can reverse diabetes in teens, just as it does in adults, according to a small study.

An Indiana couple who topped the scales at more than 700 pounds combined have undergone weight-loss surgery _ on the same day.

To begin with, there are two basic components to lose weight: diet and exercise. You can’t take any shortcuts here; you can’t do one without the other. But...

Scientists may have figured out one reason some people reach for the french fries instead of an apple. It could be a gene that’s been linked to an increased risk...

Scientists may have figured out one reason some people reach for the french fries instead of an apple. It could be a gene that’s been linked to an increased risk...

Are those expensive, chic-looking jeans that you used to flaunt in college just lying there in your wardrobe because they don’t fit anymore. Is it getting too...

A little less “I’m Lovin’ It” could put a significant dent in the problem of childhood obesity, suggests a new study that attempts to measure...

According to research Obesity is increasing among adult American women. About 34% of them are fighting with obesity. Researchers say there are various constant...

It is a well known fact that excess fat content in the body is the reason for putting on weight. And we also know that burning more calories than we eat is the best way...

Nearly one in four British people is at least double the healthy weight for their height. The numbers are rising faster than anywhere else in Europe, and if the trend...

French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Aventis temporarily suspended sales of anti-obesity drug Acomplia in Europe, the company said Thursday, after health authorities...