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Topic: Obesity

A close-up of a spoon filled with colorful, loop-shaped cereal is surrounded by more vibrant cereal pieces. (Getty Images / Stefania Pelfini, La Waziya Photography)

Removing food dyes is not a panacea

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Sugar bomb breakfast (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

Is sugar a drug?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Empty Plate (Getty Images/Peter Dazeley)

Are the health benefits of fasting real?

Elizabeth Hlavinka
Check up visit in doctor's office (Getty Images/Tetra Images)

Why our definition of obesity is flawed

Elizabeth Hlavinka
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Nutritional label (Getty Images/Imagesbybarbara)

FDA hopes to fight obesity with labels

Joy Saha
Atlanta, Georgia, The Varsity restaurant, take out food order in box. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Should military bases boot fast-food?

Ashlie D. Stevens
Friends running together in a park (Getty Images/Thomas Barwick)

Why exercising to lose weight backfires

Matthew Rozsa
Young cancer patient resting in a hospital on bed. (Getty Images/Ridofranz)

Cancer rates rise for Gen X, Millenials

Matthew Rozsa
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Teenager holding a scale (Getty Images/Pablo Jeffs Munizaga - Fototrekking)

Why school anti-obesity policies failed

Amanda Salazar - Undark
Man measuring his neck (Getty Images/RobertoDavid)

Neck thickness is overlooked in health

Matthew Rozsa
Young friends socialising over breakfast (Getty Images/Bobbi Lockyer/Refinery29 Australia)

The harms of social isolation on weight

Andrea Wigfield - The Conversation
Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's weight isn't the real issue

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Teen brothers at the pool (Getty Images/Karan Kapoor)

The debate over kids and Ozempic

Nicole Karlis
School girl eating healthy lunch during lunch (Getty Images/RuslanDashinsky)

How to best address childhood obesity

Kathleen Trejo Tello - The Conversation
close-up of a measuring tape, the concept of losing weight (Getty Images/puhimec)

Obesity is driven by biology, not diet

Megha Poddar, Sean Wharton - The Conversation
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How trauma can lead to weight issues

Joseph Lloyd Davies - The Conversation
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A sign alerting customers about SNAP food stamps benefits is displayed at a Brooklyn grocery store on December 5, 2019 in New York City, United States. (Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images)

Stop policing poor Americans' diets

Ashlie D. Stevens
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New study links "free sugar" to cancer

Matthew Rozsa
Young man suffering from heart attack (Getty Images/mdaffodil/500px)

Why youth heart attack rates are rising

Matthew Rozsa
Marijuana leaves entwined with measuring tape (Getty Images/Shidlovski)

Why does weed keep some people skinny?

Troy Farah
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Top view of a paper bag full of canned food, fruits, vegetables, eggs, a milk bottle, berries, mushrooms, nuts, pasta, a chocolate bar and bread. (Getty Images)

Youth food insecurity linked to obesity

Khizra Tariq - The Conversation
Diabetic girl injecting insulin in her stomach (Getty Images/dmphoto)

Youth diabetes predicted to rise sharply

Matthew Rozsa, Troy Farah
Which Is The Weightier? (Artist John Doyle/The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

The cultural relativity of beauty

Matthew Rozsa
Republican Ticking Death Bomb (Illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

There really is a "great replacement"

Mike Lofgren
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