From technology to fashion, America has changed in the last half century. However, more and more people have focused on the change in obesity rates, particularly in children and adolescents. Since the ...

Denzel Kingsbury knows firsthand the effects of an unhealthy diet. His grandmother, who was an overweight smoker, died five years ago from a heart attack at age 57, Kingsbury said. The 17-year-old now ...

Obesity rates have risen in recent decades. In 2012, over 66% of the U.S. population had either overweight or obesity (1). If you eat more calories than you need for energy, weight gain can result.

Times today increasingly oscillate between desks, screens and supermarkets, which has become a creeping health concern.