As millions of U.S. citizens enter January 2026 pledging to “eat better” and “lose weight,” new national research from a company called MyBodyTutor reveals a sobering reality: stress is one of the ...

Fast food gets a bad rap. Everyone points fingers at burger joints when discussing America's weight struggles, but reality isn't that simple. Our bodies respond to countless factors beyond just quick ...

A combination of factors has contributed to the American epidemic of obesity — among them increased consumption of nutritionally poor foods, decreased physical activity and environmental influences ...

Councilwoman Jan Perry says there are too many fat kids in South Los Angeles. She wants to ban new fast-food stores in 32 square miles of the city. But what's the evidence that fast food causes ...

Fast food alone cannot be blamed for high obesity rates among people with low incomes, according to a new study by the University of California's Center for Healthcare Policy and Research. The ...

Here are RD-approved fast-food meals that are light on calories but big on taste.

Big-box retailers Costco, Sam's Club, BJ's Wholesale and Walmart, along with full-service and fast-food restaurants, are key contributors to the nation's obesity epidemic, according to research by a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new UNICEF report finds that more school-age children are now obese than underweight, with 188 million affected worldwide. Rates ...

ANACMAI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "Supersizing Urban America reveals the little-known story of how the U.S. government got into the business of encouraging fast ...