Obesity

Children who participated in a family-based weight management program designed for inner-city minority children had better outcomes regarding weight gain, body fat, body mass index (BMI) and insulin sensitivity compared to children who received traditional weight counseling in a clinic.

Study shows that a combination treatment that increases the density of blood vessels in adipose tissue prevented or even reversed the progression towards type...

A team led by Deborah J. Good has identified a gene that appears to play a role in obesity, physical activity, and sex behaviors in mice.

Vibration plate exercise machines may help you lose weight and trim the particularly harmful belly fat between the organs.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 25 percent of Americans have inactive lifestyles and 75 percent do not meet the weekly exercise recommendations to maintain good health.

Researchers have found that later circadian timing of food intake is associated with increased body mass index and body fat, but how late is too late?

Researchers report the discovery of a trigger for insulin resistance in the liver.

One of the simpler ways to curtail the obesity epidemic could be to cut the volume of sweetened soft drinks and fruit drinks Americans are increasingly consuming.

In recent study, portion sizes and number of calories per bite were varied for lunches served to children in their normal eating environment.  The...

A new study has shown why the pounds melt so quickly on low-carbohydrate diets, and it's not related to water, metabolism or boredom.

Adolescents who diet and use unhealthy weight-control behaviors are more likely to be overweight and put themselves at risk for eating disorders in the future.

Laboratory model missing one copy of Prox1 gene exhibits abnormal increase in fat accumulation around sites of lymph leakage from defective lymphatic vessels, according to St. Jude.

When it comes to medications used by children, few approved drugs include safe dosing information for obese kids.

Whether your neighbourhood is conducive to walking could determine your risk for developing diabetes...

Physical activity may help reduce gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms in people who are obese.

A spongy implant into fat tissue reduced weight gain and blood-sugar levels with no adverse affects - a development that can benefit people with diabetes or prediabetes.