Sometimes there's nothing like an ice-cold glass of water on a hot day or after an intense workout, but watch where it's coming from.

Losing weight is hard, especially if you are obese. While exercise and a healthy diet can shed pounds, those steps alone are often not enough. When obese people want to prevent diabetes, weight loss surgery may be the answer.

Eat less, weigh less, correct? It may not be that simple for overweight children, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

Whether you are an adult or a child, exercise is good for you. Researchers already know that exercise can lower the risk of diabetes in children. But how much exercise is the best protection against diabetes?

It's easier for preschoolers to eat well when families have the tools to think about good nutrition. Moms were able to do so with the KAN-DO program.

There’s this myth out there that smoking helps keep the weight off. But recent science may have just proved that myth completely wrong.

If obesity is one of the main causes of diabetes worldwide, then helping people lose weight may lower rates of diabetes. But it can be hard to shed weight by changing lifestyle habits alone.

For the most part, the more fat you carry, the higher your risk of type 2 diabetes. But how much fat you have may not be the only factor that boosts your risk of diabetes. Where that fat is located may also play a role.

Eating well and exercising hard continues to pay off, even in fighting a disease as serious as liver cancer.

Working out and exercise is supposed to help build an appetite, right? That may not be the actual case.