The South Beach diet is no fad, its creator says, rejecting the notion that his eating plan would fizzle out with the rest of the low-carb craze.

“We are not…

Men and women who are obese in middle age will be up to twice as expensive to cover under Medicare, the government health plan that kicks in after Americans reach age 65, according…

Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday said its epilepsy drug Topamax was not effective as a treatment for obesity and diabetes.

J&J, which earlier this year received a letter from U.S.…

Many parents have no idea that their child could be overweight, according to a study which found that offspring who are chronically fat are typically viewed by their mother and…

For obese patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) that persists after standard surgery, relief may come from a type of “keyhole” operation that reduces the size of the stomach -…

As Americans get heavier and heavier, medical imaging machines are having a hard time peering inside their bodies, doctors reported on Wednesday.

“Hospital radiology departments are increasingly unable to adequately…

Parents of overweight and obese kids often don’t realize that their children are carrying excess pounds, new research shows.

A survey of parents of nearly 300 children showed that…

Obesity raises the risk of atrial fibrillation, an abnormal heartbeat that can lead to stroke and early death if not controlled, researchers said on Tuesday.

“What we found is that…

Women who are consistently overweight or obese during adulthood may be at increased risk for a decrease in the volume of certain areas of their brain - according to…

She faces up to five years in prison on each of three charges.
A Carbon County woman on Friday pleaded guilty to selling diet pills from a…

Not content with having a drug that might merely fight obesity and smoking, the company developing this eagerly anticipated pill will soon launch studies to see if it can…

An underground subculture of teenage girls who bond over their eating disorders and glorify bone-thin celebrities has surfaced on the Internet, in a growing trend that experts…

Too much abdominal fat in middle age may increase the risk of disability in later years, according to new study findings presented Wednesday at the annual meeting of…

Losing weight may be as simple as eating more - eating more fruits and vegetables and less food that is “calorie-dense,” such as cheese, researchers said on Wednesday.

Many women may not notice if a few meals contain significantly fewer calories than the meals they are used to, a new study shows.

Researchers at Pennsylvania State University in…

THE Atkins diet is more likely to cause bad breath, constipation and headaches than other diets.

And the low carbohydrate, high protein regime, favoured by celebrities, offers no magic formula for…

PEOPLE who stay on the high-protein Atkins diet for too long could be harming their heart, kidneys and bones, Australian doctors say.

The high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet, popular among Hollywood…

The company behind the Atkins Diet on Friday shrugged off a recent decline in interest in low-carb diets as a seasonal blip, and its marketing chief said consumers would cut…

Spot Exercising.  Anyone seeking to lose weight must expect that the results may not be as cosmetically satisfying as one would wish. Spot exercising, training particular areas of the…

How much did that afternoon snack cut into your daily allowance of calories?

The U.S. government wants food companies to make the answer clear on product labels.

A…

Obesity rates in Britain are soaring with one in five adults now classed as clinically obese.

Despite Government warnings that we are turning into a nation of couch potatoes and risking…

The number of diabetes sufferers is expected to double in Britain over the next ten years, causing a huge increase in deaths from heart disease.

Yet many could ward off the…