obesity

Tots who have a poor relationship with their moms are more likely to be obese by the time they turn 15, a new study shows.

(University of Montreal) Researchers can predict which children are most likely to become obese by examining their mothers' behavior around their birth, according to a recent University of Montreal study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

A US study says obesity has a greater impact on the blood pressure of adolescent girls than on that of boys.

ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- The vast majority of adolescents underestimate the number of calories contained in the meals they purchase at fast food restaurants, researchers found.

New Yorkers are sipping less soda and eating more fruits, but the obesity rate hasn't budged in three years, according to data released Thursday by the city Health Department.

About 30% of people polled said they drank one or more sugar-laden drinks daily - down from 36% who did in 2007, the agency reported.

And those who said they ate no fruits or vegetables fell to 12% last year from 14% in 2004, annual surveys showed.

(Joslin Diabetes Center) Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center have identified for the first time two molecular pathways that are critical to activating a type of "good" fat found in the body, called brown fat, which actually burns energy rather than storing it, which the more common white fat does.

The discovery could play an important role in the fight against obesity and diabetes.

Multiple lifestyle factors such as obesity and alcohol consumption increase the risk of diabetes, but new research suggests that the odds a person will develop the disease may decrease with improvement in each individual lifestyle component.

FoodCorps, a new national service organization and AmeriCorps partner, aims to fight obesity and diet-related disease through promoting school gardens and farm-to-school programs

Willpower alone usually is not enough for lasting weight loss; instead, to counter obesity, some experts now recommend focusing on the ways in which the brain responds to food rather than solely on personal choice.

(MedPage Today) -- By age 14, children who were born at an extremely low birth weight -- less than 2 pounds 3 ounces -- had a rate of obesity similar to those who were a normal weight at birth, but their asthma rate remained stable as the moved into adolescence, according to results of a single-center study.