obesity

CT Wants to Ban Whole Milk and Juices in Daycare

Apr 25, 2014 PM EDT

Lawmakers in Connecticut are proposing a bill that would prohibit day care centers from giving children whole milk and would restrict how much juice a child can drink while at a day care facility.

Statin Use May Encourage Bad Eating Habits

Apr 25, 2014 PM EDT

Americans taking statins may believe that the cholesterol lowering pills are a license to eat unhealthily, according to the results of an analysis of the last 20 years of statin use in the United States.

Identifying Brown Fat With Scans

Apr 17, 2014 PM EDT

Using a groundbreaking magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique, scientists are able to identify calorie burning "brown fat" for the first time in living adults, according to a recent study.

High Body Fat Linked to Poor Pregnancy Results

Apr 16, 2014 PM EDT

Women whose body mass index (MBI) indicates that they are obese before or in the early stages of pregnancy face a much higher risk of stillbirth and infant death, compared to women of a healthy weight, according to a recent study.

Obese Men Risk Fathering Autistic Kids

Apr 07, 2014 PM EDT

Obese men are more likely to father an autistic child than men of a healthy weight, according to a recent study. The same research shows that the weight of the mother, on the other hand, has little-to-no influence over the child's chances of developi..

Indoor tanning by teens linked to unhealthy weight control methods

Apr 04, 2014 PM EDT

High school students who use indoor tanning also have higher rates of unhealthy weight control behaviors-such as taking diet pills or vomiting to lose weight, reports a study in the April Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, the official..

Study shows more than half of high-risk alcohol users report improvement after surgery

Apr 04, 2014 PM EDT

Much has been reported about the potential for increased risk of alcohol misuse after weight loss surgery (WLS), with most theories pointing to lower alcohol tolerance and a longer time to return to a sober state after surgery, but a new study from B..

Teen Smokers Produce Heavier Sons

Apr 02, 2014 PM EDT

Fathers who smoked in their pre-teen years have been found to produce heavier sons with more average body-fat than other boy's their age, according to a new study.

Excess Weight, Not Diet, Triggers Colon Cancer

Apr 01, 2014 PM EDT

Being overweight puts people at risk of colon cancer, a new study suggests. Researchers found that obesity, rather than diet, leads to changes in the colon that can cause colorectal cancer.

Lose Weight by Gambling?

Mar 31, 2014 PM EDT

An online betting site is becoming popular for an unusual reason, the gamblers using its services are, almost without fail, losing weight. What are they betting on? Their own weight-loss goals.

Surgery Proves Effective at Treating Type 2 Diabetes: Study

Mar 31, 2014 PM EDT

Bariatric surgery might help put type two diabetes into remission for several year, according to a recent study.

Risk of Heart Attack Cut by Weight-Loss Surgery

Mar 28, 2014 PM EDT

Bariatric surgery, which is used to help the severely obese lose weight, has been shown to dramatically reduce the rate of heart attacks and death among morbidly obese patients, according to a recent study.

Stomach Surgery Halves Heart Attack Risk in Obese

Mar 28, 2014 PM EDT

Gastric bypass surgery may halve the risk of heart attack in obese people, according to a new study.

Being Underweight Kills More Than Obesity

Mar 28, 2014 PM EDT

A new study reminds us that weight management is a two way street. Clinically underweight people have been found to be more likely to die from complications of their condition than obese individuals, according to researchers.

Being Overweight May Help Seniors Live Longer

Mar 27, 2014 PM EDT

Seniors may actually benefit from being what the World Health Organization currently classifies as overweight, according to a new study that has found that overweight people tend to live longer.

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