Approximately 50% of a study's participants ate fast food, with nearly 40% of kids eating up to 30% of their total calories from such meals.

Most of those who were obese or overweight at 11 stayed that way.

Obesity is far from only an American problem. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the worldwide prevalence of obesity nearly doubled between 1980-2008, with more than 50% of both men and women in the WHO European Region qualifying as overweight, as approximately 23% of women and 20% of men were obese.

A report from Packaged Facts finds more and more Americans eating smaller portions of food more frequently throughout the day, and the report notes “universal agreement in the food industry that this megatrend is here to stay.”

The study sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that between 2007 and 2012, the estimated the total cut in food product calories to be about 6.4 trillion.

Consumption of tree nuts is associated with lower cases of obesity and metabolic syndrome, suggests a new study from Loma Linda University Health published in the peer-reviewed online science and medicine journal, PLOS ONE.

What is surprising is the tenacity with which processors and ingredient makers are pooling their expertise to help people get a handle on their love handles.

Timing is everything. This year’s “Annual R&D Trends Report on Weight Management Formulation” was in process as the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ annual Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (FNCE—pronounced “fancy”) was underway.

Fast 5 is a carefully designed, one-week kit.

A study shows that obesity might lower one's ability to taste sweets.