Los Angeles County supervisors approved an ordinance Tuesday that requires new developments to have wider sidewalks, bicycle parking and other changes to promote exercise and reduce obesity. The ordinance also would make it easier for ... Read More

Jan. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The prevalence of obesity in the U.S. largely leveled off over the last decade, even as some individual groups, such as boys from ages 6 to 19, saw increases, according to government data. Obesity rates in adults rose ... Read More

"Fat prevention begins at home. And the buffet line," reads one billboard. "WARNING: It's hard to be a little girl if you're not," reads another. These slogans appear in a new anti-obesity campaign launched by Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. The ... Read More

Face it, good people of Colorado. We’re getting fat. True, we’re still a relatively lean population, compared with people in other states, but our obesity rate has more than doubled in 15 years, and, according to public health officials, more than 1 in ... Read More

Childhood obesity is a growing problem, and the government is taking steps to try to curb it by changing what children are served for lunch in schools. The administration announced the changes to government-subsidized school lunches on Wednesday ... Read More

Obesity prevention programs, especially for children, are urgently needed in Canada's First Nations communities, according to a new report. "The health status of Aboriginal Peoples is profoundly different from that of the general Canadian population," it ... Read More

LOCAL NEWS — Nationally, the rates of obesity among adults and children are slowing, perhaps even leveling off, after decades of increases.But that's not exactly a reason to cheer. About 36 percent of American adults and nearly 17 percent of ... Read More

Researchers from Stony Brook University, New York, have associated obesity with pain stating that people who are overweight suffer from higher incidences of pain. Create a personal senior housing list with our search. Search Nursing Homes to ... Read More

When Shaawn-Dai McDowell opens her refrigerator in south Minneapolis, one thing is clear: She eats a lot of greens. Collard greens, chard, spinach, lettuce. The refrigerator is full of them. "We gotta have them," she explained. "We have a lot of kids ... Read More

I heard Derek Yach speak at Albert Einstein's Global Diabetes Summit last September. He presented a case to curb obesity, hunger and diabetes that we don't often hear: turn our agricultural policies around and work more closely with farmers. Mr. Yach-- a ... Read More