Obesity afflicts many people, with a study published earlier this year in the medical journal The Lancet showing that more than 1 billion people — or roughly one out of eight people alive today — ...

As if the looming impacts of climate change and other assorted threats to Earth weren't enough to worry about, there's also a major health crisis to contend with — especially in the United States. The ...

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Weight gain during the holiday season is common, but not inevitable. Use these easy strategies to manage stress, overeating ...

Women who exercise during pregnancy are less likely to have gestational diabetes, and the exercise also helps to reduce maternal weight gain, finds a study published on 3 June 2015 in BJOG: an ...

And while lifestyle choices still matter, the underlying cause isn’t willpower. It’s physiology.