A psychiatrist in the Philippines on Tuesday said happiness is hard to find among obese people, although they can still enjoy life despite being big. Dr. Felicitas Artiaga-Soriano told participants of a health forum in Manila that today's prevailing wisdom that thin is beautiful is negatively affecting obese men and women.

However he encouraged those with the extra weight to have a positive "self-perception" to enable them to still continue enjoying life

Researchers have called on the Federal Government to tighten advertising controls after their study found that over two-thirds of adverts shown during Australian prime-time children's TV programs promote junk food.

The study by the University of Sydney found that children and teenagers were being targeted with junk food ads made up 66.8 per cent of food ads when teenagers were watching and 65.9 when children were watching, compared with just 39 per cent during adult viewing hours, the team found

New research has revealed that an obese or overweight couple faces a tougher time to conceive a baby than a couple at normal weight, since the presence of fat can lead to infertility.

Obesity can also increase sub-fecundity or sub-fertility, which is the inability to conceive a child in 12 months

Two researchers at Iowa State University's Department of Health and Human Performance conducted a study to determine the body mass indexes (BMIs) of Iowa prep football linemen.

It was found that a great percentage of the linemen of the 2005 season from 251 Iowa high school football rosters were prevalently overweight

Latest study shows that weight loss surgery is gaining popularity with Americans, especially among middle-aged people and women. Weight loss, or bariatric surgery is meant for extremely obese people, mainly with serious medical conditions related to their weight. The most common form of this surgery is gastric bypass surgery.

According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, as many as 772 people aged 55 to 64, had gastric bypass in 1998. The surgery involves stapling or some similar procedure known as bariatric surgery to help weight loss