obesity

ITASCA, IL—In an effort to better mitigate the effects of the chronic disease, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued new guidelines Monday recommending that children affected by obesity compensate with their personality. “Today, there…

No one wants to live like Charlie in “The Whale.” No one who genuinely cares about their neighbors should want anybody to live like its character Charlie, an obese English professor who’s resigned himself to the dark four corners of his…

Big Pharma is ready to cash in on the latest cash crop in American health care: childhood obesity. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published new guidelines on tackling childhood obesity Monday, and they recommend a cocktail of…

Magazines and other major publications used to welcome the new year with challenges for readers to commit to be fit. Now they’re trying to redefine fitness altogether, claiming that conventional health and beauty standards are outdated…

When I was a high school junior in Ohio, I had to debate a classmate on a topic of our choice for a course on public speaking. I was always obnoxiously political, so my peers had no interest in hearing me drone on and on about ISIS, Social…

Kanye West railed against the pro-fat movement, which is afflicting black Americans at a higher rate than any other group, Thursday night in a prime-time interview with Tucker Carlson. In their wide-ranging discussion, West, a rapper and a…

Celebrity doctor and Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate Mehmet Oz was raked over the coals this week for his campaign offering some unsolicited medical advice to his Democratic rival, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman. In May, Fetterman…

America wasn’t ready for a pandemic when the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus landed on U.S. shores in January 2020, especially in terms of overall health. The national stockpile of medical supplies was full of outdated and…

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is demanding U.S. airlines submit plans with updated weight averages they will use for passengers and baggage moving forward by Saturday. According to the Wall Street Journal, “Airlines officials…