The burden of obesity extends beyond its health effects. For example, a 2024 report estimated that obesity-related healthcare costs could reach $9.1 trillion over the next decade. Those living with ...

(HealthDay News) — The number of US adults with severe obesity increased from 2013 to 2023, according to a research letter published online Feb. 13 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Life expectancy in western countries, once on a steady upward trajectory, has hit a worrying slowdown with obesity, poor diet ...

While globally linked to obesity and metabolic disorders, Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)'s prevalence in India is ...

President Donald Trump and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said they will be studying the "threat" to children posed by ...

Prescriptions of obesity management drugs have increased, and these increasing trends are associated with online search trends.

For obese workers, even the prevalence rates for multiple sclerosis and lupus are higher. For workers at big U.S. employers, ...

The prevalence of diabetes is increasing faster in some low-income countries than elsewhere in the world, generating concerns ...

As obesity rates rise across the U.S., a new study from UnitedHealthcare and the Health Action Council examines the financial ...

Higher BMI in early adulthood and midlife is linked to better memory performance, particularly in men and Black Americans, challenging traditional views on obesity and cognition.

Childhood obesity rates are rising and global figures don't make for easy reading. The World Health Organization (WHO) ...

The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of ...