Web-based weight management program is effective, new study shows
January 17, 2008
A newly published research study demonstrates that a weight-management program delivered over the Internet is effective for weight loss and preventing weight gain.
Children learn how to eat nutritiously, the Whyville way
February 14, 2006
In a magical online city called Whyville, children ages 8 to 14 meet to interact and have fun learning.
New analysis suggests ‘diet soda paradox’ – less sugar, more weight
June 14, 2005
Diet soft drinks are certainly as popular as the sugar-laden versions nowadays, but are the people who are drinking them getting any thinner? It may be exactly the opposite.
U.S. Surgeon General Carmona calls obesity ‘the terror within’
March 1, 2005
U.S. Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona, who visited the Health Science Center for a Feb. 24 symposium on obesity in the Hispanic population, suggested that if the public viewed the current epidemic of obesity with the same seriousness as potential acts of bioterrorism, the United States would take a solid and necessary step toward becoming a healthier nation.