One third of Americans are classified as obese and the number is growing. Let's get some insight into this expanding epidemic.

Eating healthy foods is more important now than ever! You need more protein, iron, calcium, and folic acid than you did before pregnancy.

A pregnant woman needs more of many important vitamins, minerals, and nutrients than she did before pregnancy.

A new study published in the New England Journal Of Medicine finds bariatric surgery is safer than once thought.

Americans not only haven't lost weight in the past year, but in some states are still gaining.