In Brazil, a country known for girls in mini-bikinis and where body-consciousness borders on obsession, nearly half the population is overweight.[...]

Bill Telepan is working in Eastern Kentucky with Wellness in the Schools preparing meals and teaching health alternatives to communities battling high obesity rates. [...]

Impatient to lose weight, some Americans are crossing the border into Canada to receive an intragastric ballon, which is not yet approved by the FDA for use in the U.S.[...]

A newly released study shows a possible link between a mother's condition during pregnancy and the chance her baby will suffer a developmental disorder.[...]

1 in 3 children in America are overweight or obese and new findings have shown that if a parent loses weight, a child will lose weight more successfully as well. [...]

A new study of mice reported at a meeting in Chicago this week, suggests caffeine and exercise may cut the risk of developing skin cancers caused by exposure to the sun. Dr Yao-Pin[...]

A small but growing number of researchers believe that environmental pollutants and industrial chemicals are to blame for the obesity epidemic.[...]

Obese people may be exposed to more radiation when they undergo a CT scans or X-rays, compared with normal-weight people, a new study says.[...]

Obesity may be more expensive than smoking when it comes to health costs.[...]

    Prostate cancer survivors take note: Carrying extra pounds may increase the chances of the disease returning after treatment, a new study finds.   And the greate[...]