An effective strategy to fighting obesity may be to eat your dinner early or to simply skip dinner.

Researchers say consuming canola oil may decrease abdominal fat in a relatively short time.

Getting enough sleep at night isn’t just important for your well-being the next day. It is also critical for your long-term health in many ways – including affecting your gut.

Implementing a health program within the workplace has great benefits to both employees and employers.

A very inexpensive school intervention program has been observed to help kids beat obesity.

Your child’s bedtime may be predictive of his or her risk of being obese later in life.

Heart disease and stroke together take a greater toll on America’s health than any other condition. But we are losing the battle against this disease, partly due to our excess weight and increasing incidence of Type 2 diabetes.

Men - the little ones are watching. You may not realize it, but you play a vital role in your children developing healthy behaviors that will last into their adulthood.

How far do you drive to and from work each day? If you are in your car for more than an hour, you may want to consider what it is doing to your health.

Copper, a trace mineral, is an essential nutrient to the human body for many biologic functions. Researchers now believe it plays a role in fat metabolism as well.

New research hints at a possible link between personal care products that contain phthalates and obesity. What if your soap, nail polish and other products you use every day really were causing your waistline to expand?

Could color coding your food be the easiest way to lose weight? If it sounds good, you might be interested in the Thinsulin program that claims to have helped thousands of people with weight loss.

The WHO, CDC and other large health organizations have created official travel warnings for anyone who may be planning to visit South America because of an outbreak of the Zika virus. Although knowledge about the virus is limited, there is a strong warning for those who are pregnant and may become pregnant based on potential health risks for unborn children. The virus has also raised other questions, and researchers are taking a closer look at it. Could the Zika virus also be one of the viral infections that has been linked to obesity? Is the virus responsible for microcephaly in babies?

People who are overweight or obese and who are vitamin D deficient may be able to lose weight by taking a supplement of the nutrient, according to a new study.

An article written by Teresa Tanoos eMaxHealth inspired me to write this article about GERD. It mentions a new option for treating gastro- esophageal reflux disease (GERD) . It is really not a new option, but it was not always widely available due to costs. (Being third tier many insurance platforms). The new option is generic Nexium. The food and drug administration (FDA) has approved the nation's first generic version for the treatment of GERD.