obesity
Study: Parents think overweight kids are healthy weight
As waistlines continue to grow, parents are having a tougher time recognizing their children are overweight. A new study found parents are 24 percent less likely to spot a child’s weight […]
Overweight kids believe they’re thinner than they are
Many overweight and obese kids and teens in the U.S. think they are thinner than they actually are, according to a new study. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National […]
Bigger horses needed to carry bigger Americans
Wranglers in the West are adding bigger horses to their stables in order to carry heavier tourists. Ranches are now using draft horses for overweight riders, according to an Associated Press […]
Washington at both ends of obesity scale
Washington has one of the most obese and one of the least obese communities in the U.S. The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index surveyed more than 500,000 adults living in 189 different metro […]
Cost of childhood obesity
Childhood obesity is a costly issue in the U.S. New research estimates the price tag is about $19,000 per child. Researchers from Duke Global Health Institute and Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School […]
Obese professions
About 28 percent of U.S. workers are obese. But some professions are more obese than others. At the top of the list of most obese is public administration with about 36 […]
Obesity rate drops among young children
The number of obese American preschoolers is dropping. The obesity rate for children ages 2 to 5 has dropped 43 percent in the last decade, according to the latest data released […]
‘Good eaters’ as babies, obese as adults?
Having a baby who is a good eater may not be such a good thing. Researchers at University College and King’s College in London suspect babies who have big appetites may […]
Fat-shaming young trick-or-treaters
A Fargo, N.D., woman is apparently planning to hand out mean-spirited letters instead of candy to trick-or-treaters this Halloween. The woman told a local radio show she plans to give the […]
Oreo addiction
I always knew Oreo cookies were a deliciously dangerous treat. New research out of Connecticut College found that eating the cookies activates more neurons in the brain’s pleasure center than drugs […]