Obesity poses one of the biggest challenges facing public health-care professionals. Issues surrounding the development, consequences, and potential for control of obesity are complex. In the midst of the global obesity epidemic, research on prevention and treatment commands great interest, as evidenced by the 33,254 articles yielded from entering the search term “obesity prevention” into PubMed (National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland). It is a daunting task to stay current with the findings and directions of modern obesity research.