In Brief
Study on chickens supports virus, human obesity link
Study looks at how parents' weight affects children Slim adults with big babies reportedly need not worry
What diet is better -- low carbohydrate or low fat?
Problem is faulty brakes Health: Sugarplums may dance in your head, but it's the fats in foods that leap onto your hips.
Weigh risks and benefits of drug-aided diet
Brown fat, white fat, too fat
Going for the big laugh' Making fun of obese may be 'last safe prejudice'
Obesity medicine worries doctors Deadly lung disease is feared as potential side effect of drug
Oncor to develop gene therapy for obesity Treatment's human trials at least 1 to 4 years away; Biotechnology
Sugar shows up at surprising levels Who would guess: From peanut butter to spaghetti sauce, sugar sweetens all kinds of food and, increasingly, has an undue influence on American tastebuds.
British scientists find protein that tells brain it's time to stop eating Substance offers promise in treating human obesity
Study points to benefits of better diet over exercise Weight loss reduces risk of heart disease in men past mid-life
Choosing high-fiber foods for kids
Weight, diet: Did the rules change?
Many obese eager to try new 'fat' drug, but approval is years away
Study links obesity to defective gene
Miracle medical cure or modern 'snake oil'?
Metabolism undoes diets, study finds
Study finds metabolism undoes diets
T-Gene
Postal rates soar while service sinksAs a...
Mutant gene viewed as a cause of obesity
Most teens don't exercise regularly, new survey says
More aggressive cancers noted in black women
When weight is a taxing matter
One-third of all adults overweight
Body of evidence stresses fitness, not just fatness
Solomon's patients: trust betrayed, lives ruined Other doubts arise about his ethics, medical practices THE RISE AND FALL OF DR. NEIL SOLOMON
Obesity viewed as disease, not behavior
Forecast brighter for thunder thighs?
Kids risking growth, health with diets
Afraid of fat, obsessed with thinness, children try dangerous dieting
Work out: You have to use it before you lose it
Have your cake and eat it, too: Heavyweights join anti-diet backlash, fight for acceptance
A year's worth of nutrition news
Bigotry plagues fat people from school to workplace Ridicule is constant in complex disorder
Study finds children's well-being eroding for 30 years
The bad news is cardiovascular
Study finds health perils in 'yo-yo' dieting
THE GREAT AMERICAN FOOD FOLLIES OUR LOVE-HATE AFFAIR WITH WHAT WE EAT
THE GREAT AMERICAN FOOD FOLLIES
With parents involved, overweight kids can keep weight off