Obesity rates are on the rise. Adults and children are becoming increasingly overweight and it’s taking a toll on their health. Here's what you can do.

Childhood obesity, which has almost tripled in the past 30 years, is also a large indicator for adult obesity and includes the same health risks as adult obesity. When children are overweight ...

Prenatal and early-life factors significantly influence childhood obesity trajectories, highlighting the need for early ...

Will the report by the White House Task Force on Childhood Obesity help? May 13, 2010— -- Carla, one of my patients, stands 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs just over 250 pounds. She finds it ...

Obesity is preventable through proper nutrition and physical activity. In fact, losing even 5 to 10 percent of your body weight can help prevent or delay the development of type 2 diabetes among ...

Unlike the trend for children ages 2 to 19, some research has shown a declining trend since 2004 in the obesity rate for children between 2 and 5 years old. In other words, that trend began before ...

Obesity is not just a personal problem but a public health epidemic that affects educational achievement, economic productivity and state budgets, the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy at ...