America's obesity epidemic is so deeply rooted that it will take dramatic and systemic measures -- from overhauling farm policies and zoning laws to, possibly, introducing a soda tax -- to fix it, the influential Institute of Medicine said on Tuesday. In an ambitious 478-page report, the IOM refutes the idea that obesity is largely the result of a lack of ...

Adults living with children tend to eat more fat than grown-ups in kid-free homes, consuming as much saturated fat each week as found in an individual-size pizza, a new study suggests. It may not exactly be the kids' fault, but household cupboards are more likely to be stocked with high-fat convenience foods like cookies, cheese, peanuts and processed mea...

Obesity rates in the United States will continue to rise over the next two decades, a new study says. By 2030, 42 percent of people in the U.S., will be obese, the study found. Currently, about 34 percent of adults and 17 percent of children are obese. The percentage of Americans who are severely obese, defined those carrying more than 80 pounds of extra...

There's no better way to ward off the afternoon doldrums than going for a lunchtime run. Getting out for as little as 15 minutes invigorates both mind and body, it can reduce stress, stimulate creativity, and activate hormones associated with positive thinking, not to mention help keep you fit. Aim to escape the office every other day; do it for three weeks,...

Americans may not eat the healthiest diets, but most get adequate levels of essential vitamins and nutrients, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For most nutrients, less than 10 percent of the population is deficient, the report showed. However, deficiency rates vary by age, gender and ethnicity, and close to a...

Nearly two-thirds of Americans who are obese try to lose weight, and about 40% of them actually succeed. How did they do it? The old-school way: By eating less, exercising more and switching to more healthful foods, according to a new study. That's not to say that the appeal of fad diets, pre-made diet foods and over-the-counter pills escaped these dieters....

How could something so sweet be so bad for you? That's exactly the point. Sugar in all forms -- from the refined stuff in the bowl on your table to honey and high fructose corn syrup -- is a key contributor to many of our diet-related diseases and conditions, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and cancer, according to Dr....

So you have fat genes, huh? OK, but your genes aren't your destiny. A new study shows that people who are genetically prone to obesity can offset that influence by half by walking briskly one hour a day. The study, presented Wednesday at an American Heart Assn.conference in San Diego, looked at more than 7,700 women enrolled in the Nurses' Health Study and ...

As many employees spend longer hours on the job, they're also having more meals, snacks and celebrations with colleagues - and that isn't always great for the waistline. Some coworkers pressure dieters to eat forbidden foods. Others pass home-baked snacks desk-to-desk. Some tease colleagues about their diets, or even order them restaurant foods they aren't...

Diet soda may benefit the waistline, but a new study suggests that people who drink it every day have a heightened risk of heart attack and stroke. The study, which followed almost 2,600 older adults for a decade, found that those who drank diet soda every day were 44 percent more likely than non-drinkers to suffer a heart attack or stroke. The findings,...

The battle of the bulge has been a big, fat failure for U.S. drugmakers. But that hasn't stopped them from trying. For nearly a century, scientists have struggled to make a diet pill that helps people lose weight without side effects that range from embarrassing digestive issues to dangerous heart problems. But this week, federal health advisers endorsed...

Strict adherence to eating a certain proportion of carbs, fat, and protein may not be as effective for weight loss as strict adherence to eating fewer calories from all sources, according to a new study that compared four diet regimens. In the Pounds Lost trial, researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, set out to study...

Despite public health messages telling Americans to lower the amount of salt in their diets, most of us still eat too much of the stuff, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nine out of 10 people ages 2 and older in the United States consume more than the recommended amount of sodium each day, the report says, and t...

Weight-Loss Research: Want to lose body fat? A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that focusing on calories - not the balance of protein, fat and carbohydrate - is the key, the WSJ reports. Those on a low-protein diet did gain less weight than those on regimens with more protein, but body fat increased by about the sa...

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