obesity

A study of about 400 patients from UT Southwestern Medical Center's Weight Wellness Program and other similar programs found mental health problems contributed to weight gain. Center Director Dr. Jaime Almandoz led the study. He told KERA’s Sam Baker why he focused on the second year of the pandemic.

A new study suggests there is a tie between brain differences and obesity. Brain scans on nearly 3,200 children found those who were overweight had…

Would you put down that bag of chips if you saw it had 170 calories? What if the label said it would take 16 minutes of running to burn off those…

Red, yellow, green. It's a system for conveying the healthfulness of foods, and at the center of a debate about how to approach weight loss for…

A long-term study finds that children who are bullied or shamed for their weight may gain more weight over time than peers who aren't teased.

The conventional wisdom is that city life makes you fat and rural life keeps you trim. A new study looks at the numbers to see if that holds true.

Behavior and environment are big factors in a surge in obesity. Scientists are busy trying to identify the many genes that play a role in weight gain to develop a predictive obesity test.

From Texas Standard: A group of U.S. health organizations, including the McGovern Medical School at the University of Texas Health Science Center at...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than a quarter of all Hispanic children are obese, and a San Antonio researcher has received a ...

Sugar-sweetened beverages are leading sources of added sugars in the American diet, according to the Centers for Disease Control. But many aren't aware…

The number of young people with obesity has risen tenfold since 1975, according to a study from the World Health Organization. At the same time, that rise has been far from uniform across the world.

A recent study found 70 percent of Americans binge-watch TV shows, sitting through an average of five episodes per marathon session. But that trend raises…