This week the wires were active with suggestions that people with obesity pay more for airline travel. This discussion was prompted by a Samoan airline announcing that they would begin charging passengers by the pound. It was also stimulated by Bharat Bhatta, an economist from Norway suggesting that...

Now that we've kicked off a new year, not a day passes without some news outlet asking me for tips on healthy living. What do I need to eat more (or less) of? What type of exercise is best and how many minutes a day do I need?

My answer...

Few issues have received as much media coverage as the recent public announcement by Toronto mayor Rob Ford (and his brother Toronto councilman Doug Ford) to lose 50 pounds in the next six months. This has prompted a wide range of responses, including from media celebrities like Dr....

To many readers, the very idea that you can carry excess weight and still be healthy may sound like an oxymoron. After all, is excess body fat not strongly associated with a wide range of health problems from diabetes to sleep apnea and from arthritis to cancer?

Yes it is,...

This post is not about offering to 'involve' parents in the treatment of their overweight and obese offspring.

No! This post is actually about whether, instead of the kids, their overweight or obese parents should themselves be seeking treatment.

I pose this question simply because it appears to me...

Today, I am going to throw out a bold statement on the state of overweight and obesity in Western societies: The time for primary prevention is over!

With two-thirds of the population now overweight or obese, we must accept that primary prevention has failed, the obesity horses are out of...