Using data culled from nearly 11 million people, the researchers found that just over 19% were obese in 1990, compared to ...

The study crunched decades of BMI data taken from several nationally representative surveys, tracking obesity rates from 1990 ...

Researchers predict the obesity rate among U.S. adults will rise to 47% of the population by 2035. Experts say this trend can ...

An AHA scientific statement highlights how food insecurity, limited green space, and systemic bias create barriers to healthy weight maintenance.

In the 1990s, an overweight or obese child was considered an exception. Today, it’s slowly becoming the norm. A sweeping new ...

Several U.S. medical schools are introducing new courses to teach students about obesity and how it can impact their patients no matter which specialty they end up choosing, according to U.S. News & ...

(Armend NIMANI/AFP/AFP) A range of blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs could help shift the trajectory of the global obesity epidemic, which affects over one billion people worldwide, the World ...

SAN ANTONIO — Obesity has become a global health crisis, especially here in the U.S. In today's Healthy SA we look into several clinical about obesity that could offer weight-loss medication for free, ...

Research suggests there is not clear consensus about preferred terms to describe body size. Terms to describe body size in ...

India faces a growing obesity crisis. Discover new GLP-1 drugs like Mounjaro, Wegovy, Ozempic, and the tangible benefits of ...