The attack on the overweight has kicked into high gear, as the pharmaceutical corporations seek out an immunization to answer the American weight problem. Last month the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) announced that because of over-population and over-consumptive cultures, Americans have become overweight . . . and that is a problem. Working with WHO, researchers at the BMC Public Health have... 

Being sent to a hospital in the UK could ruin your health. A recent study shows that three quarters of fast food meals are healthier than the food that is being served in the British hospitals. The study conducted by the Sustain campaign group found that the food served in UK hospitals contains 60 percent more salt than an average burger. One curry portion served to clients had six times more fat... 

Those who diet, but do not lose weight, should be aware. See what might be causing the failure of the system…The complaint is often recurrent and can often be resolved with an adjustment here or there. Check out the list of five common mistakes made by those who want to lose weight. To go on a diet It seems strange, but true. Today, in the offices of nutritionists and endocrinologists, instead... 

Torn apart: The parents, left and right, with six of their children who they fear will be taken away from them. Although it sounds like a story from the Twilight Zone, it looks like in England it’s illegal to be fat. Four obese children are on the brink of being permanently removed from their family by social workers after their parents failed to bring their weight under control. In the first... 

Over the next few days, Al Jazeera will be looking at the impact of rising food prices around the world. With increasing wealth in China, expensive culinary tastes have grown in popularity. And as Al Jazeera’s Melissa Chan now reports from Beijing, it is also impacting waistlines.  Read More »

More than a third of American youth of military age are unfit for service, mainly because they are too fat or sickly, the Army Times reports, quoting the latest Pentagon figures. Most of the rest are too dumb or have used too many drugs to qualify, the study shows. The report says 35% of the 31 million Americans aged 17 to 24 are unqualified because of physical and medical issues. “The major...