Everyone knows Americans are fat and getting fatter, and everyone thinks they know why: more eating and less moving. But the "big two" factors may not be the whole story. Consider this: Animals have ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans are getting a little taller and a lot fatter. Adults are roughly an inch taller than they were in the early 1960s, on average, but nearly 25 pounds heavier, the government ...

New Yorkers can be pretty cranky — you would be too if you had a mayor who banned trans fats and threatened to restrict salty foods, and sodas away under the premise that it's for your own good. Now, ...