Obesity

Do Credit Cards Lead To Obesity?

Trying to lose weight as we head into the holidays? Maybe you should cut up your credit cards as you head to the grocery store.

2010/11/15

Weiner Proposes Food Stamp Incentive For Produce

With obesity becoming a nationwide epidemic, Congressman Anthony Weiner may have a novel solution to get people to eat their veggies.

2010/10/17

NYC Students Get Healthy Eating Tips At Upstate Farm

Second graders from PS 180 boarded a bus and arrived at The Sylvia Center at Katchkie Farm, where harvested every vegetable imaginable.

2010/10/08

A new study found that thinner women had fatter paychecks than average-sized or overweight women. (Photo credit: Jeff J. Mitchell/Getty Images)

Study: Your Weight Affects Your Salary

In a country plagued by obesity, eating disorders, and the all-too-common pressure to simply look good, a new study finds that your waist size can play a role in your wallet size.

CBS 2HD–2010/10/07

Childhood obesity (credit: AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)

Study: Of Every 10 NYC Kids, 4 Are Overweight

The good news is that the rate of obesity among New York kids is not rising, as it is nationally.

2010/09/06

Garson Goldstein is active again following his hip replacement surgery. (credit: CBS 2)

HealthWatch: Joint Replacement And Obesity

It stands to reason that if your hips or knees are so painful that even walking is difficult, then you won’t burn many calories and will gain weight. But the correlation has been hard to show, until now.

2010/08/17

Seen At 11: Diet-For-Dollars

The latest trend in the world of weight loss is diet-for-dollars, where if you drop the pounds, you pick up some dough.

CBS 2HD–2010/08/06

HealthWatch: Atkins Vs. Low Fat Diet

A recent study tested both traditional low-fat diets and the Atkins low-carbohydrate diet, and came up with surprising results as to which is safer and more effective.

CBS 2HD–2010/08/03