New report finds people are beginning to connect the dots between eating behaviors and personal health

Although obesity growth rates appear to have plateaued, an alarming number of consumers still face dire health consequences. In response, manufacturers are creating a range of a new weight management foods and beverages.

Overall dietary habits have more to do with childhood obesity than did a diet of fast food.

A study found that "overweight 5 year olds were four times as likely as normal-weight children to become obese."

Prepared Foods’ “Annual R&D Trends Report on Weight Management Formulation” finds the obesity crisis still going strong. After a quarter of a century, that’s no longer a surprise.

Arkansas was the only state in the nation that saw its obesity rate rise in 2012.

Refined carbohydrates could trigger food cravings not unlike the cravings that drug addicts experience, new research suggests.

There are more overweight and obese people in the world than the entire population of China, leading experts on cancer and obesity have warned.