Pause to visualize a little scenario, a random moment from the days when many young folks actually did pause to rethink their eating habits. The place: a college cafeteria. The girl who has just finished a very healthful lunch blots her lips with a napkin, sighs, and says thoughtfully, “That made me feel… fed.”

It’s a thing that happens now and then, in the pre...

This is a continuation of “Unacceptable Obesity Costs Suspected.” About a decade ago, medical specialists and public health authorities were noticing more and more suspicious correlations between a substance known as bisphenol A (...

Childhood obesity remains one of the most pressing public health challenges in the United States. With rates still affecting roughly one in five children, experts increasingly agree that prevention doesn’t require extreme measures. It starts with small, consistent daily habits at home.

Recent research and updated guidance from organizations like the CDC highlig...

About a decade in the past, an article published in The Lancet attracted quite a bit of attention, being reprinted or commented on in many related publications. Unlike the vast majority of news about medical research, this piece unashamedly mentioned money, and a spectacular amount of it. Of course, its subject matter was not a complete surprise, having been ...

There is more to know about the incident in which a high school teacher caused quite a stir by inserting questions that referenced obesity into an exam that the students were, of course, required to take. An understandable first re...