How will the obesity epidemic end? With kids.
Part 6 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Each of the children in Betty McNear's home day care has a...
New drugs and surgery can deliver major weight loss. But they come at a cost.
Part 5 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. For two decades, Charleah Torres-Vega, 43, refused to donate...
Americans don't choose to be fat. Many live within a 'system they don't control.'
Part 4 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Nathaniel Louis Brown always loved his food, especially...
What we eat matters. Researchers are still searching for the 'best' diet.
Part 3 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Campaigns to cut fat and then sugar from America's diet...
Extra weight increases health risk in the long run. Fat shaming hurts now.
art 2 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Tigress Osborn is fat, and she's OK with that. What she's not...
Obesity was long considered a personal failing. Science shows it's not.
Part 1 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Barbara Hiebel carries 137 pounds on her 5-foot-11 frame....
