Obesity

14-year trend shows worsening disparities in meal quality for some groups

Maintaining weight loss is associated with more favorable heart disease, stroke, and diabetes risk factors compared to regaining weight after three years

Researchers find gene associated with obesity and development of Type 2 diabetes is connected to how cells regulate fat

Model estimates prevention of nearly 1 million cases of cardiometabolic disease, billions of dollars in savings in first 20 years of label’s use

Physician Fatima Cody Stanford tells a Tufts audience how bias about obesity and overweight is damaging patients

New study finds that health insurance coverage for healthy food could improve health, reduce healthcare costs, and be highly cost-effective after five years

Tufts researchers are looking for participants in the International Weight Control Registry, which they hope will lead to insights into weight loss worldwide

Sai Das, NG02, a scientist at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts, gives the low down

Tufts study finds that group meetings with doctors provide more support—and help shed pounds

Blood sugars may be key to optimizing weight loss approaches