Women who have bariatric surgery (such as the lap band) should wait at least 12-18 months after surgery before becoming pregnant, says a new review of research published in The Obstetrician and Gynaecologist journal. The BBC reports that researchers found an increased risk of miscarriage in pregnancies conceived less than 18 months after surgery. 31% of those ... read more »

A new study published in the International Journal of Obesity shows that children who received antibiotics in the first 5 months of life were 22% more likely to be obese at the age of 3. This effect was not seen in children who were received antibiotics between the ages of 6 and 14 months. The children’s weights ... read more »

A study just published in Archives of Disease in Childhood found that warning signs of heart disease — typically considered a disease of middle age — have been found in obese children as young as 2-years-old. Researchers from VU University Medical Centre in Amsterdam studied  307 severely obese children between the ages of 2 and 18. Two-thirds of ... read more »

In an attempt to combat obesity, New York City has plans to prohibit the sale of oversize sodas and other sugary beverages. The proposed ban would be the first in the nation to take such an extreme move. It would ban the sale of sweetened beverages over 16 ounces and would apply to bottled drinks ... read more »

Obesity has been linked to increased incidence and poorer outcomes in many health conditions. One of these is breast cancer. A recent article in Journal of Clinical Oncology by Jennifer Ligibel addresses the connection between obesity and breast cancer outcomes. An analysis of 43 studies showed that obese women with breast cancer had a 33 percent ... read more »

A recent article in Internal Medicine News described the outcome of a trial called STAMPEDE (which stands for ‘Surgical Treatment and Medication Potentially Eradicate Diabetes Efficiently) which compared the effect of bariatric surgery versus medication in bringing blood sugar down to normal levels in diabetics who were also obese.  The comparison showed quite conclusively that ... read more »

A new study published Wednesday by Boston Children’s Hospital suggests that babies born by Caesarean section are twice as likely to be obese by age 3 as infants delivered vaginally. In the United States, about one in three babies is born via C-section, and one in three kids is overweight or obese, reports MSN Health. “Women who ... read more »

Jessica Simpson, singer, actress and fashion mogul extraordinaire, is rumored to have signed a multimillion dollar deal with Weight Watchers. Simpson, who gave birth to a daughter Maxwell Drew Johnson on May 1 admitted that she weighed upwards of 170 lbs. by the time she went into labor. Maxwell, who weighed in at a whopping ... read more »

Last night, the premiere of Wilson Phillips: Still Holding On aired which documents the three former pop queen’s road to comeback-land. In the reality TVs first episode, Carnie Wilson, 43, revealed to her bandmates, Wendy Wilson, 42, and Chynna Phillips, 44, that she was going to have another weight control surgery. Wendy and Chynna were ... read more »

Purdue University completed a study on the psychological effects of weight loss in black and white teenage girls. The results revealed that weight loss might improve physical health, but perceptions of negative self-image remained the same. Sarah A. Mustillo, an associate professor of sociology who headed up the research said, “We found that obese black ... read more »

It’s been theorized for a while that obesity can be “spread” between friends and family members due to the natural tendency to copy one another’s eating habits, but a new study suggests that obesity could actually be infectious. The study, which was published online Feb. 1 in the journal Nature, showed that mice which were engineered to have a ... read more »

Burger King is currently test marketing delivery service in various U.S. locations. Adding to their current international delivery service which has been successful in Brazil and Mexico, they’ve recently decided to pilot a delivery option in a few test markets in the eastern U.S. Right now, delivery is only available in Gaithersburg, MD, Springfield, VA ... read more »

When officials in Cleveland decided a mother had not done enough to help her third grader,who weighed more than 200 pounds, to lose wight, they took the boy from her. The boy’s mother (who was not identified) said, “They are trying to make it seem like I am unfit, like I don’t love my child…It’s a lifestyle change and ... read more »

An Australian study published in the journal Sleep shows that kids who are “early to bed and early to rise” are less likely to become obese than those who are not. Researchers from the University of South Australia studied the bedtimes and rising times of 2,200 Australian children aged nine to 16 and discovered  that children who went to bed late ... read more »

Research published on Wednesday shows when eggs get exposed to high levels of saturated fatty acids (like those in often found in the ovaries of women suffering from obesity or diabetes), the embryos can be altered and not develop normally. Scientists from Belgium, Britain and Spain  tested embryos from cattle eggs eight days after fertilization by ... read more »