According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S.

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...

The Lancet, a global medical journal that works with academics to identify issues in public health, hosted a Commission on ...

Childhood obesity is on the rise and is becoming an epidemic in our country and worldwide. The consequences of childhood ...

CDC officials say they extended the guidance now because they are seeing more H5N1 patients whose illness they cannot track back to an infected bird or cow.

According to new research, wearables like an Apple Watch or an Oura smart ring can detect the symptoms and predict flare-ups ...

As of March 2020, nearly 42% of US adults had obesity, with the report estimating that more than a billion people are living ...

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

BMI falls short as a way to measure obesity. Doctors need to also determine whether body fat harms a person's health.

State Medicaid programs are weighing whether or not to cover the weight loss drug GLP-1, while some researchers question if ...