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Are children of obese parents destined to also struggle with body weight? Is there anything we can do before a child is overweight, to modify the tendencies kids have inherited? At The Obesity Society’s (TOS) annual meeting, Dr. Jane Wardle, PhD gave a presentation about the genetic effects of weight, addressing questions like these. Dr. Wardle […]

Experts in weight and human behavior are looking at ways to help society change eating habits for the better. They’re working with a few basic principles of human nature including that people, for the most part, stick with the ‘default option’. For instance, data shows that organ donor rates differ significantly if a country has […]

If a woman has a child before having bariatric surgery, and then another child after having bariatric surgery, are there any notable differences in the health of the children? At The Obesity Society’s annual scientific meeting, John Kral, MD, PhD addressed this question.  Dr Kral began by explaining a paradox: obesity in women is a risk factor for pre-term […]

New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that obese patients who underwent weight loss surgery used fewer medications in the long term, especially drugs used for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This reduction had a cost savings for surgery patients, compared to a control group receiving standard medical care. The study […]

Is it possible that the amount of food you think you ate, can have an effect on how full you feel hours later? Yes, according to research presented at The Obesity Society’s annual scientific meeting. Jeffrey Brunstrom, PhD gave a presentation about portion size perception, and the feeling of fullness (“satiety”). Brunstrom spoke about a […]

At The Obesity Society’s annual scientific meeting, Jane Wardle, PhD gave a presentation about eating behavior: Food Responsiveness, Food Liking, and Satiety Responsiveness: Associations with Energy Intake and Weight Gain among Children. One on hand, our genes have not changed in the last several decades, but obesity rates have increased tremendously. This points to environment […]

“What would you do for a Klondike bar?” What’s maybe the most well-known ice cream jingle, embodies a trait that behaviorists called food reinforcement value. Food reinforcement is defined as how hard a person will work to get access to food (assuming they are not actually hungry). Today at the 30th annual meeting of The […]