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June 28, 2010

SymphonyIRI Group and the Food Marketing Institute on Tuesday released research finding the behaviors of...

CHICAGO SymphonyIRI Group and the Food Marketing Institute on Tuesday released research finding the behaviors of families with one or more overweight/obese children differ little from those with all healthy-weight children.

 

June 17, 2010

A new survey released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National...

WASHINGTON A new survey released this week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics found that obesity and diabetes rates are at peak levels since the data collection for such conditions began more than 10 years ago.

May 17, 2010

Sleep apnea may cause metabolic changes that increase insulin resistance, according to researchers from the...

February 10, 2010

Obese children carry a risk of dying before age 55 years, more than twice that...

January 12, 2010

First, the bad news: According to the latest numbers from the Centers for Disease Control...

January 5, 2010

Obesity rates continue to climb in the United States as smoking rates decline, according to...

September 17, 2009

Here’s the latest in meal replacement bars — a bar that not only replaces a...

NEW YORK Here’s the latest in meal replacement bars — a bar that not only replaces a meal, but makes you less hungry for the next one.

The product, developed by a bariatric surgeon, first made its road show last year with ECRM and is featured here on a Walgreens endcap just opposite pharmacy.

September 10, 2009

The complications that can result from unhealthy eating among middle-aged and elderly Americans with Type...

NEW YORK The complications that can result from unhealthy eating among middle-aged and elderly Americans with Type 2 diabetes have consequences for the whole healthcare system, but it’s not just diabetes, which already costs the U.S. healthcare system $116 billion. Unhealthy eating habits contribute to and exacerbate obesity, hypertension and kidney disease, diseases that often have causal relationships to one another. Obesity and diabetes already cost the healthcare system $147 billion and $116 billion, respectively.