When you're chowing down on turkey this Thanksgiving, you might want to avoid eating the tail. Some say it's the tastiest part, but it's also the fattiest.

The cancer fight is tiring, both for the mind and the body. Despite the fatigue, patients with cancer can feel less tired with exercise.

Kids run, climb, crawl and jump. But is that activity enough to stop them from becoming overweight or obese? Well, yes – if the activity is intense enough and lasts long enough.

If you have type 2 diabetes, your weight can have a huge impact on your risk of complications and death. One might think the heavier you are, the higher your risk. However, the scenario may not be as simple as that.

Eating healthy to lose weight is a key part of controlling diabetes. But getting patients to eat healthy is not always easy. Two different programs may be equally helpful in getting patients to change their eating habits.

Sit ups for breakfast? Lazy bones as a child could make the body pay as a grown up. Adults may have greater knee cartilage and bone strength in their lower legs if they are more physically active as children.

The scale is only part of the picture. A person's body mass index, or BMI, is just one way of weighing someone. For certain cancers, one's BMI can give a clue of the person's odds of getting cancer.

Teen girls that seem generally healthy may still struggle with their self-image. This struggle can sometimes lead to later health problems. But there's a possible solution: Just dance!

African-American women are already prone to not getting enough vitamin D. When they are pregnant, lacking this nutrient might influence their mental health.

Poor people in the United States are more likely to develop kidney disease. Unhealthy diets may have something to do with this gap. A recent study showed poor dietary habits were strongly associated with kidney disease among the urban poor.