NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When obese people lose weight with behavioral therapy, their family members may get a bit trimmer as well, a new study suggests. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is one ...

A 14-year-old teenage girl was allegedly locked in her bedroom and starved for at least two years while her morbidly obese family watched through a webcam. Police say they initially believed the ...

A Wisconsin teen weighing just 35 pounds was rescued from a house of horrors where her grossly obese family allegedly kept her prisoner for years and ironically withheld food as punishment. The girl ...

After responding to an emergency call, police officers discovered a 14-year-old girl so malnourished, they initially estimated her age to be around six to eight years old. Then the true horror of her ...

In a television first, Fat Family Tree sets out to prove that unlocking the secrets of a fat family’s genes can help provide the answer to their lifelong weight problems. Presented by Dr Dawn Harper ...