Review
Public Health Takes Aim at Sugar and Salt
In the last few years, evidence has mounted that too much sugar and salt—often invisibly insinuated into beverages, processed foods, and restaurant fare—harms health.
Obesity in China Portends A Diabetic Disaster
Can brown rice blunt an epidemic?
Heart Disease
The impact of genetics, stress, and lifestyle: Q & A with Eric Rimm
A Weighty Challenge
Pritzker scholarship winners fight the obesity epidemic from many angles
Take the stairs: Developing exercise habits for healthy hearts and minds
Keeping it off: Understanding the biology of gastric bypass surgery
Stretched to the limit: Exploring the role of fat cells in metabolic disease
The Mystery of the Metabolic Supermice
A rare mouse gene variant casts light on obesity's human toll
Wave of the Future
Mining the human genome for links to diseaseBiostatistical Breakthrough
Taking a novel tack, HSPH researchers uncover an obesity geneVisit the Your Disease Risk website
Learn how you can prevent heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and more
photograph: Kent Dayton-HSPH