A new study suggests children are concerned over their body shape as early as the fourth or fifth grade. Researchers studied 4,254 Canadian ...

Obesity has become a significant health crisis: More than 300 million people worldwide are considered obese and more than a billion people are ...

The increasing popularity of excessive forms of exercise, such as conventional or ultramarathons as well as extreme bike road races, may be ...

Many overweight and obese individuals use eating as a means to relieve stress, reduce boredom and improve mood. However, as stated in the August ...

Stress associated with everyday life could be a precursor to heart disease, a diagnosis that kills more individuals world-wide than any other ...

Enticement is as old as the original sin with modern twists including marital affairs, Ponzi schemes, and personal battles with obesity and drugs. For some, all that they have worked for is lost and for ...

A new study confirmed an earlier observation that regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-aged spread in normal-weight people and may promote weight loss in those who are overweight. Researchers discovered regular yoga practice is associated ...

A new study advocates a novel technique for weight control -- consume to satisfy your stomach, not your brain. The perspective ...

A new research effort has identified factors that may increase the risk of eating disorders among overweight teens. Eating disorders for ...

An extensive analysis of insurance claims data underscores the additional medical complications that may arise among individuals with bipolar disease. The new ...