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A national emergency unfolding silently. Every 33 seconds, someone in America dies from cardiovascular disease—nearly 2,500 people daily.

A study published Monday in the Lancet predicts that about 60% of adults and nearly a third of young people worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050. Halfpoint - stock.adobe.com In case you ...

Heart disease and stroke remain leading causes of death in the U.S., with risk factors such as high blood pressure, obesity, and diabetes still prevalent.

More than half of adults and a third of children and teens worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, a comprehen ...

The staggering rise in global obesity among young people has raised alarms with rates for those aged 5 to 24 tripling between 1990 and 2021—a 244 percent increase to 174 million. The surge ...

The number of overweight or obese people worldwide rose from 929 million in 1990 to 2.6 billion in 2021, the study found. More that 1 billion of world's population is clinically obese, study shows ...

suggesting that current approaches to curbing increases in obesity have failed a generation of young people. As of 2021, 493 million children and adolescents were overweight or obese. MCRI Dr ...

People are significantly more likely to be overweight or obese compared with three decades ago – and the growing crisis poses an “unparalleled threat” to health and wellbeing, new research ...

A major global study estimates that 50 per cent of children and young people (aged 5–24 years) in Australia will be overweight or obese by 2050. Researchers say urgent action is needed to turn ...

Overweight and obesity rates in adults, children and teens more than doubled over the past three decades, afflicting 2.1 billion adults and 493 million young people with excess weight, researchers ...