TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 15 (UPI) -- Fast-food and soft drinks may boost children's risk of obesity, but they also make them happy, U.S. and Chinese researchers have found.
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 18 (UPI) -- Fast-food and table-service meals at restaurants are both larger and have more calories than meals prepared at home, U.S. researchers have learned.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- A U.S. study suggests marketing plays a role in how often parents buy fast food for their children.
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A series of studies indicates U.S. childhood obesity is due to a host of unhealthy pressures including fast food, TV advertising and less school gym.
NEW YORK, May 14 (UPI) -- Healthy eating and restaurant hygiene are some of the top concerns of U.S. restaurant and fast-food consumers, according to a Zagat.com poll.
LONDON, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A study links obesity and fast food restaurants in poorer neighbors in England and Scotland.
CHICAGO, Aug. 24 (UPI) -- Chicago schools' efforts to eliminate junk food are undermined by 79 fast-food chains clustered around some 1,300 schools, Massachusetts researchers say.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The epidemic of obesity in low income, majority black U.S. neighborhoods is linked to the density of fast-food outlets, Tulane University researchers report.
CHICAGO, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- An Illinois state lawmaker wants to ban obesity suits against fast-food chains.
WASHINGTON, June 18 (UPI) -- The popular fast-food restaurant practice of "supersizing" -- increasing portion size for just a few cents more -- tacks on significantly more calories consumers may not be aware of and contributes to the U.S. epidemic of obesity, several consumer advocac
