obesity

There are several ways to rearrange the stomach to caused weight reduction.

Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dine like a pauper is an old nutritional adage that at first glance would seemingly be supported by a recent study published in the Endocrine Society's

Obesity. It's a big fat problem. And, as with all big fat problems, somebody else is to blame.

Michelle Obama’s memoir, Becoming, sold 10 million copies in just six months.  Random House Chief Executive said, “It could be the biggest selling autobiography ever.”  In addition to people buying her book, they are shelling ou

The Lancet’s year-long reports on non-communicable diseases continue with a long piece on obesity, undernutrition and climate change as synergistic drivers of poor health. Before the critique, let's start with a summary.

Gestational diabetes (GD) is the development of diabetes during pregnancy. For those afflicted, it is a significant problem for these women and the children they carry.

A recent study in the Journal of Experimental Biology looked at food choices by dogs and cats [1] when foods were equally palatable, a term we will return to momentarily.

Anyone not living under a rock is aware that the prevalence of obesity in this country (and indeed around the world) has been increasing for decades.

Parasitic worms aren't all bad.

Twenty years ago an expert panel at the NIH created a furor among obesity researchers by suggesting that the BMI cutoff point for a person to be considered overwe