Ana Idolo may be too young to order her own food, but the 2-year-old knows what she wants. As her father Marco unpacks the Happy Meal he ordered for her at a Barcelona...

Lincoln University students now have one more hurdle to pass before they graduate: losing weight. According to a recently instituted requirement, university students...

Venezuela - Call it the Bolivarian battle of the bulge. President Hugo Chavez said in a televised speech Friday that “there are lots of fat people” in...

A health care debate is going on in Japan, similar to one in the US. The Japanese lawmakers have made obese people illegal and have set a maximum waistline size for...

In Japan, being thin isn’t just the price you pay for fashion or social acceptance. It’s the law. So before the fat police could throw her in pudgy purgatory, Miki...

Is it cruel to laugh at fat people? Some would say that it is rude and an affront to public decency. But hogwash, I say. Fat people are not the disabled. Fat people...

No more tacos for you Sr. Gordo, unless of course you have at least 3 helpings of veggies on the side. Mexico City has announced a new program to trim the fat off...

Succulent pork tacos. Frisbee-sized disks of fried pigskin. Enchiladas smothered in cream. Yes, the cuisine in Mexico is divine, but it is downright calorific. And the...

You have to give it up to America’s food industry. They never fail to devise new ways to maximize the fat. Americans need to butter and sugar up everything. And...

Health Care is the topic of the summer in these United States. There’s no way to avoid hearing about it. 24-hour news networks have devoted up to half of their...

The United State if officially the world’s fattest nation. More than a third of American adults are obese, with 40% of children as well. The Southern states with...

There isn’t a nation fatter than America. Americans are the most obesity-stricken people and paradoxically the most health-obsessed people in the world. Because...

A new report has shown New Zealand to be the third fattest nation in the world, after the United States and Mexico. The Health Data 2009 report, published this month,...

The rising numbers of fat people are blamed for global warming by the researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Each fat person is said to be...

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....

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...

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...

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...