Diet & Weight Loss

Adult obesity rates increased in 16 states during the past year, and none of the 50 states showed any decline in their rates of obesity, a study shows.

Whey, or milk, protein may offer people who want to slim down a slight edge over soy, a new study shows.

Despite a steady drumbeat of warnings that obesity causes serious health problems and increases the risk of premature death, it has become a problem in every state, the CDC says in a new report.

Willpower alone usually is not enough for lasting weight loss; instead, to counter obesity, some experts now recommend focusing on the ways in which the brain responds to food rather than solely on personal choice.

A little bit of weight loss may revive the sex lives and improve the urinary health of men who are obese and diabetic, a new study shows.

Ever eat a whole bag of chips when you’re not even hungry?

Researchers are testing a new tool that helps doctors figure out which overweight and obese patients are most in need of medical treatment and which are likely to remain healthy, even at very large sizes.

Obese people who are otherwise healthy live as long as normal-weight people, new research from Canada suggests.

Half of U.S. adults will be obese by 2030 if current trends continue, a new report shows.

A new predictive model may give dieters a better idea of the weight they can expect to lose over time.

Overweight and obese patients referred to Weight Watchers lost twice as much weight as those treated by their doctors in the U.K., Australia, and Germany.

Overweight and obesity in African-American women increases their risk of death, especially from heart disease, according to a new study.

A study suggests that hormones may be responsible for a dieter's failure to keep off lost pounds, rather than lack of willpower.

Exercise can reduce the effects of the "obesity gene," a study shows.

A compound found in trace amounts in grape skins, peanuts, and red wine may defend against harmful changes seen in obesity that often precede diseases like type 2 diabetes, a small new study shows.

The FDA is once again considering approval of an experimental weight loss drug it rejected a year ago over concerns about potential heart problems and birth defects in babies born to women who take it.

New research shows that older female dieters who have a mid-morning snack lose less weight than their counterparts who ate a healthy breakfast and don’t snack in the AM. The new findings appear in the December issue of the Journal of the American Dietitic Association.

The FDA and the Federal Trade Commission today took joint action against several companies selling over-the-counter hCG products that falsely and illegally claim to promote weight loss.

Two drugs approved to treat type 2 diabetes may also aid weight loss in overweight people with or without diabetes, a new study shows.

The growth in the rate of obesity in the United States appears to be slowing and in some groups leveling off, although it is still more than double the government’s goal for 2010, according to new research.

Being overweight in retirement may be especially dangerous for professional football players exposed to multiple impacts to the head and concussions in the sport.

Losing weight and entertaining people at the same time seems like a win-win situation. But such might not be the case for the reality show "The Biggest Loser."

Those who postpone a snack they crave actually desire it less and are able to delay eating it, says researcher Nicole Mead, PhD, an assistant professor at Catolica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics in Portugal.

As you draw up your New Year's resolutions, new research may provide added incentive to not only lose weight, but to keep it off.

The same tactics that help you lose weight won't necessarily help you keep it off, a study suggests.