For many better-off young Indians, Western-style fast food is considered cool. And as they down burgers and sugary sodas, obesity is spreading.

Hundreds of millions of Chinese have moved to the city, leaving behind farmer’s diets.

The decrease in youth obesity rates could slow healthcare costs.

If you held onto your stocks at the bottom, things might not be so bad.

Michelle Obama has a new pet project: Getting kids into college. But will her involvement help or hurt the initiative?

Muhtar Kent, CEO of Coca-Cola, sits down with Marketplace Morning Report host David Brancaccio to discuss water, obesity and unemployment.

One of the Vivus' latest tactics is to market its drug straight to consumers. Starting this fall, you'll see Qsymia ads in magazines and on television. But it may still be too expensive for some.

The American Medical Association votes to classify obesity as a disease in a move that will broaden coverage for related treatments.

In 2010, 16 food and beverage companies promised to reduce calories as part of the First Lady’s Partnership for a Healthier America. Two years later, how have they done?

New research says diabetes cost the nation a record $245 billion in 2012, up more than 40 percent in the past five years.