Despite efforts to include more healthy choices at schools, standard offerings from vending machines - including fruit juices - are giving students more calories than they need and possibly contribute to child obesity.

After the late stage trial of obesity drug Taranabant Merck announced the cancellation of drug development because of adverse side effects

In a discovery that counters prevailing thought, a study in mice has found that inactivating a pair of key genes involved in "fat-burning" can actually increase energy expenditure and help lower diet-induced obesity.

Eating too much food activates brain pathway, which is normally inactive. This process makes brain go wrong and cause various obesity related diseases.

Obese school-age kids and teens can lose weight or prevent further weight gain if they participate in medium- to high-intensity behavioral management programs.

Surgical interventions for many obese children suffering from obstructive sleep apnea may not cure the problem.

There is a new and interesting way toprovide obesity treatment. An injection to certain blood vessels in stomach suppressed appetite hormone in pigs and may offer an easy way to fight obesity in humans.