Obese men face a dramatically higher risk of dying from a heart attack, regardless of whether or not they have other known risk factors for cardiovascular...

Fast food outlets should hand out free cholesterol-lowering statin drugs to their customers to "neutralize" the heart risks of eating fatty foods like burgers and fries,...

Being fat is bad for your brain. That, at least, is the gloomy conclusion of several recent studies. For example, one long-term study of more than...

A moment on the lips, forever on the hips? A bad figure is hardly the worst of it. Eating a lot of fat, especially the kind...

Our son, Willie, got a homework assignment.His school teaches kids how to "lose weight" eating -- you guessed it -- junk food!Willie gets some homework help...

You may have seen pediatrician Jay Gordon MD on Good Morning America, The Home Show, or Larry King Live.He's not afraid to go on TV and...