fat and obesity News

Roland Richards , Owner of Pico Athletic Club celebrates his birthday and raises funds to help childhood obesity.

NAAFA announces our return to San Francisco for the 2012 National Fundraising Convention and introduces our SUPER EARLYBIRD SPECIAL convention package and hotel pricing.

With obesity and overweight problems sweeping the world, a new simple weight loss program is available that is helping people drop 100 pounds or more. The obesity problem has been called a tsunami of obese related problems affecting our citizens.

With the holiday’s right around the corner and overeating in abundance, we thought now was the time for introducing our New Year’s Weight Loss Plan, but also a plan that can be used around the holidays and year round.

NAAFA introduces our Guidelines for Healthcare Providers Who Treat Fat Patients to provide education for healthcare providers to help them better understand and treat fat patients.

NPR and PIN are looking for input on living in a nation where 1 in 3 people are obese. We encourage people of size to share our message of Equality at Every Size!

Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have uncovered a pathway in mice that allows white fat to burn calories in a way that's normally found in brown fat -- lowering the risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes.

New study reveals that diet soda promotes obesity, as well as other conditions such as Diabetes, and Heart Disease...

NBC’s hit television show The Biggest Loser® has teamed with the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) to create a localized program administered by specially-trained fitness professionals.

More than 10% of doctors in a recent survey refuse to accept patients who are too fat. While some doctors decline to perform operations on patients who refuse to quit smoking, the two situations are different from a legal point of view, says expert.

Body Adiposity Index is most look forward to index as an indicator of obesity and a good measure of once fitness. BAI will make calculations of body mass index more effective and complete, making weight loss easier.

Lord knows the human race to lose weight has already tried those low-fat, no-fat diets. Isabel Del Los Rios a certified nutritionist that knows which dietary fats power weight loss results. Dsp fires up fat burning progress while optimizing health.

The Diet Solution Program by Isabel Del Los Rios is the food chemical police chasing after the gremlins of weight loss and dieting. Yes, I’m addressing chemicals, food additives and toxins. Dsp picks up the slack loosed over by other diet plans.

Recent California study shows obese at higher risk of death to viral infection; implores obese people seek extra protection against viruses.

By Popular demand, SHE'S BACK!! It's been almost a year since she's been on the show, and boy what a difference a year makes! She'll be stopping by to tell us what's she's been up, and give us great fat loss and cooking tips, with her usual flair!

Taxes on obese individuals are being considered in a number of developing countries.

As the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces New Dietary Guidelines that Target Obesity, Wellness Coaches in Exton, PA Announce New Weight-Loss Challenge. They focus on nutrition and exercise counselling and offer ongoing support.

A clinically obese man has novel idea to get fitter and combat unemployment. He founded the www.toobigformybuttons.com with the idea to wear a button (or badge) designed by any company for every hour of exercise he does.

If you are trying to lose weight you should stay away from the Killer foods which will make you fat very quickly and destroy your body fat burning mechanism.

PeopleOfSize.com launches a social networking and information website to provide support on all the important issues that impact large-size people.

Unhealthy strategies included skipping meals, using diet pills, liquid diets, appetite suppressants, laxatives, enemas, diuretics, and fasting.

Exercise does reduce body fat (even in people who do not lose weight) and has beneficial effects on important health parameters.

Essentially Fit Guru Mr. Wess returns to The24hrmom Show to talk about his quest to seize childhood obestity in our country.

New scholarship will encourage continuing education and research in the field of fat studies, particularly Health At Every Size (HAES)

Claremont Graduate University professor Kim Reynolds, PhD has received a $5.5 million grant from the National Institute of Health for a novel study on obesity intervention for teens.

The New Mantra says “DON'T APPLY TO YOUR SKIN IF YOU CAN'T EAT IT”. Emerald-harvest Tea seed oil is the perfect answer. The FDA website has an update that lists some body care chemicals that were found cause to cancer in laboratory animals.

Diet Network announces a new interactive and educational online community to learn about dieting, obesity and healthy living. DietNetwork.org is a free member site for anyone interested in diet plans, losing weight and long term personal health.

North Carolina’s plans to begin charging extra for medical coverage of state employees with a BMI above 40 clearly discriminates against women and people of color.

September is a Perfect Time to Start a Fitness Self Improvement Program

NAAFA adds expert in airline passenger rights and public policy to their distinguished board of advisors.

Black Women’s Health Imperative Denounces Criticism of Surgeon General Nominee Regina Benjamin

SAN DIEGO, CA -- In a world of many diets and promises of overnight success, Dr. Brian Alman, a psychologist working in the medical weight loss field has identified a tool that is frequently ignored; yet it is providing amazing results.

NAAFA, a civil rights organization working to end discrimination against people of size, supports the appointment of Dr. Regina Benjamin. We believe the discussion of her size and weight regarding her qualifications for the job to be discriminatory.

By interviewing hundreds of fat and fit people, mental toughness expert Steve Siebold identified 101 differences in thinking between fat and fit people. “If you can learn to think like a fit person, you will get fit,” according to Siebold.

Diets simply don’t work for most people.

After five years of research, Steve Siebold has found the answer for overweight people who can’t stick to a diet. You can finally lose weight and keep it off forever… just by thinking like a fit person.

DIE FAT OR GET TOUGH warns readers to stop deluding themselves about being fat. For the obesity epIdemic to end, people must take charge of their lives. Mental toughness expert Steve Siebold shows us thought differences between the fat and the fit.

Local Atlanta Personal Trainer and fitness boot camp coach reveals his 4 minute exercise secrets to kids. Encouraging the youth that 30min of daily activity leads to living a healthier life.

For many, especially these days, weight loss weighs heavy on people's minds, and it should. Being over weight can cause major health issues such as diabetes and cancer.

Online community, Betty Confidential, chooses Body Image Mastery Mentor, Laura Fenamore, as a featured writer on childhood obesity.

The Fast Fat Loss Plan teaches how to lose weight naturally, without drugs or surgery.

New York, NY - July 23, 2008 - Robert Hinnen, Chief Operating Officer of Children’s International Obesity Foundation (CIOF) announced this morning that Jay D. Goldberg and Adam J. Kovitz had been appointed to CIOF's Board of Advisors.

Obesity among teenagers continues to rise, despite reports. Ray Salomone, The Push Up Warrior, internationally recognized Personal Trainer and Wellness Crusader, has joined the fight to end the scourge

A new technique for helping people to lose weight is being launched using mobile phone technology and a large spoonful of positive attitude.

Current news and events from experts of Health At Every Size, a weight-neutral approach to good health that focuses on behavior, not BMI.