Teens and adolescents who eat breakfast every day are less likely to become overweight or obese in the near future and they typically lead a more active, healthier lifestyle than their peers who skip breakfast, according to the latest research…

Obese children are far more likely than normal-weight children to have breathing related problems during surgery, finds a study from the University of Michigan Health System published in the March issue of the journal Anesthesiology. The problems include: difficult mask…

Researchers in London have discovered that children drink more sugar-laden beverages when they consume a diet heavy in salt. Both the sugar and the salt pose risks to the child’s health throughout his or her life.

That’s the surprising conclusion from a study conducted to measure the long-range effects of lead exposure in the womb. The finding is surprising because University of Houston’s Donald Fox, a professor of vision and other life sciences, led the study,…

A study done by Duke University Medical Center researchers found that overweight or obese men had lower concentrations of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in their blood than normal weight men. PSA is a protein released into the blood by the prostate…

According to a report by the American Stroke Association, growing obesity among middle-aged women has led to an increase in incidence of stroke for women between the ages 35 and 54.

Adults in the United States spent nearly $36 billion on prescription drugs to lower blood sugar, reduce cholesterol, or help with other metabolic problems in 2005, according to the latest information from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).…

Rena Wing, professor of psychiatry and human behavior at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, sheds some insight into how dramatic lifestyle changes are the only way a person can make dramatic weight loss changes in life.

She explains…

There’s no quick fix for losing weight, that’s what one middle school teacher found out after losing 120 pounds in three years.

Researchers at the University of Manchester evaluated data from over 140 clinical studies analyzing weight gain. The information was based on over 280,000 participants from Europe, North America, Asia and Australia who experienced weight gain at some point of the…

Two articles published in the February 11 issue of the JAMA/Archives of Internal Medicine illustrate the value of maintaining a healthy lifestyle, even as the century mark approaches.

Anthocyanins found in grape skins, blueberries, blackberries, purple corn, and other foods, which give them their blue, purple and reddish color may help prevent obesity according to a study done in Arkansas by Ronald L. Prior and his colleagues.

The researchers…

People who drink diet soda in an effort to lose weight may be doing more harm than good according to a recent study conducted by the Ingestive Behavior Research Center at Purdue University.

A new treatment being used to treat obesity may also be helpful in stimulating memory in Alzheimer’s patients. The discovery was made when doctors pushed electrodes deep into a man’s brain during surgery in an effort to control his appetite.…