Money talks, but according to a new study analyzing the potential effect of a tax on soda, it might not speak loud enough to help people lose weight.
Obesity
What’s the Ideal BMI for Longevity?
How fat is too fat? A large new government-funded study found that being even a bit overweight can increase your risk of death from heart disease, stroke or cancer.
Patients Eligible for Weight-Loss Surgery May Double
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will consider a request by Allergan — the company that manufactures the Lap-Band device used in the majority of gastric banding surgeries in the U.S. — to lower the bar for …
Marie Claire Blogger Grossed Out by Obese TV Lovers
Fat is a dirty word in America. “Overweight” or “obese,” of course, is the politically correct term. Yet Marie Claire blogger Maura Kelly threw tact to the wind and called it like she sees it earlier this week when she voiced her online disgust with CBS sitcom Mike & Molly.
Study: Many Obese People Think They Look Great the Way They Are
Getting obese patients to lose weight is tricky to begin with, but doctors may have a bigger battle than they thought: many clinically obese men and women think they’re already at a healthy weight.
Study: Obese Workers Cost Employers $73 Billion Per Year
Obesity is expensive — for the person living with it, for the health-care system and now, according to a study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, for employers. The U.S. economy suffers a $73.1 billion …
More Obesity Fallout: Nearly 50 Million Americans with Arthritis
More than one-fifth of American adults — that’s 49.9 million people — are clinically diagnosed with arthritis and, of those, 20 million say they are physically limited by the condition, according to new government figures. …
Do Parents Discriminate Against Their Own Chubby Children?
It’s no secret that overweight kids are typically not the most popular kids on the block. Nor is it news that kids can be mean, forming groups of “haves” and “have-nots,” gossiping, ostracizing their chunky classmates.
Study: America Is Officially the Fattest Developed Country in the World
If you tuned into the season premier of the Biggest Loser last night — during which the reality show’s trainers Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels toured the country collecting obese people — you got the message: Americans are …
For Women Who Want to Stay Slim, a Heavy Roommate Might Help
The myth of the dreaded “freshman 15,” it seems, is greatly exaggerated. That’s the average amount of weight that college freshmen supposedly gain after moving into dorms where beer and pizza are more plentiful than fresh …
Explaining the Gender Gap: Obesity Costs Women a Lot More Than Men
On the tail of yesterday’s finding that teenage girls get more weight-reduction surgeries than their male counterparts is a possible explanation: it costs a lot more for them to be obese. Obese women lose out on $4,879 per year …
Can Catching a Cold Make You Fat?
Catching a cold is almost a rite of passage for the chilly winter months when people and viruses are often in close quarters. And that’s especially true among children, who aren’t stingy about what they share among friends …
Why White Girls Are Getting More Weight Loss Surgery
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that the rate of weight loss surgery in the U.S., including lap band and gastric bypass, went up by 700% between 2005 and 2007. But we already knew that the …