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ScienceDaily (Jan. 24, 2012) — In a new poll, 30% of parents report at least one worrisome behavior in their children that could be associated with the development of eating disorders. A new report from the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health examines the possible association between school-based childhood obesity prevention programs [...]

CHICAGO (AP) — America’s obesity epidemic is proving to be as stubborn as those maddening love handles, and shows no sign of reversing course. More than one-third of adults and almost 17 percent of children were obese in 2009-2010, echoing results since 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday. “It’s good that [...]

Defective versions of a “body clock” gene greatly increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, a study has shown. The discovery provides new evidence of a link between the body’s sleep cycle, governed by the hormone melatonin, and the disease. Previous research has found that people who work night shifts are more at risk of [...]

ScienceDaily (Jan. 26, 2012) — A clear association between obesity and pain — with higher rates of pain identified in the heaviest individuals — was found in a study of more than one million Americans published January 19 in the online edition of Obesity. In “Obesity and Pain Are Associated in the United States,” Stony [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among weight-loss surgery options, gastric bypass comes with more complications shortly after surgery than gastric banding, but makes up for it with fewer long-term side effects and repeat operations, new research suggests. People who got bypass surgery also lost weight faster, and more kept it off, in the study of [...]

Youngest person to complete a marathon on all continents Tim Harris achieved a Guinness World Record in 2007 for becoming the youngest person to run a marathon on all seven continents. Tim, 23, completed this impressive feat in just 95 days, starting his challenge in Argentina before moving on to marathons in New Zealand; Palermo, [...]

ScienceDaily (Jan. 27, 2012) — When people in the U.S. are asked to provide their weight for research surveys, they underestimate their weight and overestimate their height, despite numerous public reports about increasing rates of obesity. Whites are more likely to do so than Blacks or Hispanics, a new study finds. Many surveys about body [...]