Eating movie popcorn and soda while at the movies is like eating three burgers with 12 pats of butter in one sitting, according to a report by the non-profit Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Eating poorly is to blame for teen obesity and not a lack of exercise, according to a study in the health journal Obesity Reviews.

Eating late at night increases your chances of gaining weight, according to a study by Northwestern University.

Newsweek asks: Why do Americans hate fat people?

At least 70 percent of children in the U.S. have vitamin D deficiency due to bad eating habits and lack of sunlight. The deficiency is more prevalent among Mexican-American kids, African-American kids, girls and the obese.

Who's worried about love handles when there's cankles?

Time magazine asks: Why are Southerners so fat?

Young Hispanic women are more likely to develop "love handles" than Hispanic men, increasing their chance of type-2 diabetes.

Should child obesity be classified as child abuse?

The bad news: obesity is on the rise in 23 states in the U.S. The bad news: obesity rates did not change in the other 27 states.