being overweight

NEW YORK (AP) -- Lugging around a few extra pounds? One of the largest studies to look at health and weight finds that you don't have to be obese to raise your risk of premature death.

Merely being overweight carries some risk, too....

These days it seems our entire way of life is predicated on the belief that being overweight is terrible for you.

We're waging war against the obesity epidemic, which public health experts call one of the great threats to our society.

Countless diet books and programs promise to help us get thin ...

These days it seems our entire way of life is predicated on the belief that being overweight is terrible for you.

We're waging war against the obesity epidemic, which public health experts call one of the great threats to our society.

Countless diet books and programs promise to help us get thin ...

CHICAGO (AP) -- When the wind blows, the cradle will rock. And when babies sleep less, they may gain too much weight.

A new Harvard study finds that babies and toddlers who sleep fewer than 12 hours daily are at greater risk for being overweight in preschool, startling evidence that the link between sleep and obesity may affect even very young children....