A new study led by Professor Sayaka Nakamura from Sophia University in Japan and Professor Shiko Maruyama from Jinan ...

Nearly all U.S. adults with obesity as diagnosed by BMI also have an elevated waist circumference or excess body fat, ...

Patients on the new pill also lost weight — up to 16 pounds without reaching a plateau at the study’s end. Side effects were ...

Suicide is the second most common cause of death among college athletes — and the number of deaths has doubled in the past ...

Kennedy has prioritized autism as one of the chronic illnesses he's determined to tackle in his aim to "Make America Healthy Again." ...

A new drug may one day help fight obesity and related diseases by mimicking the benefits of aerobic exercise—without the need ...

While public health experts have raised concerns that warming global temperatures may be contributing to obesity, a new study ...

A new research initiative is investigating how obesity reshapes brain circuits involved in reward, motivation, and emotion, ...

U.S. regulators are trying to shut down the industry for compounded weight-loss drugs, which could result in higher costs or ...

Obesity is on the rise. Among U.S. adults aged 20 or older, 4 in 10 met the criteria for obesity in the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, up from roughly 3 in 10 two ...

The U.S. obesity rate is about 40%, according to a 2021-2023 survey of about 6,000 people. Nearly 1 in 10 of those surveyed reported severe obesity, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...