Obesity and heart healthy diets

Is it food intake or exercise that is more important in preventing obesity? While researchers sometimes seem to add to the confusion, the answer is straightforward - it' both.

The Mediterranean Diet can improve heart health, vascular health, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and metabolic syndrome

Weight loss surgery -- bariatric surgery -- may reduce the long-term risk of heart disease.

Body mass index (BMI) may not be the most important determinant of cardiovascular risk - fitness is critical.

New evidence suggests that mild overweight may not be as dangerous as previously thought.

A 2007 study purported to find that obesity is contagious and that having fat friends can make you fat, too. But the study cannot be taken at face value.

Girls who become overweight are likely to remain heavy into adulthood

Extreme obesity is very risky

FDA rejects rimonabant, the weight loss drug

Waist-to-hip ratio more important than obesity itself in predicting cardiac risk

Rimonabant appears effective in producing weight loss in diabetics

After 2 years, rimonabant still looks good

Sticking to the diet is more important than which diet you choose

Low glycemic diet better than low fat diet

Latest study confirms favorable effects of rimonabant Rio North America

Conjugated linoleic acid - CLA - reduces weight and improves body composition

Eating nuts can be heart healthy.

Peanuts appear heart healthy, too.

Walnuts may be uniquely beneficial for the heart

Why we're getting fatter, what it means, and what we can do about it.

Obesity may independently lead to heart failure.

Experimental drug appears useful for smoking cessation and weight loss

Doctors have been given new recommendations on screening patients for obesity - here they are.

Eating fish is important in a heart healthy diet, but some fish contain the toxin mercury - here are the latest recommendations on avoiding mercury while eating fish.