The FDA expanded the indication of the long-acting growth hormone somapacitan (Sogroya) to include very young children with ...

HealthDay News — The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity markedly increased among adults and children in the US from the 1970s and 1980s until now, according to two reports published in the ...

Nonjudgmental and collaborative care plans are ideal for primary care clinicians treating patients with obesity.

Most Americans with obesity perceive themselves as only having overweight regardless of race or ethnicity, whereas ...

A new study finds that people with obesity are more likely to be hospitalized with or die from severe infections.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday revealed that childhood and teen obesity rates in the U.S. have reached record highs in recent years. The first report details how ...

U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two ...

An international research group has examined how many people are affected by preclinical and clinical obesity and what health ...

The American Heart Association is warning that heart disease and stroke are on the rise for women and young girls, as new ...

Obesity – which the World Health Organization classifies as a disease – is not just an individual issue; it is shaped by the systems people live in. Research shows that urbanisation, economic status ...

The Make West Virginia Healthy Act of 2026 reestablishes the Office of Healthy Lifestyles and authorizes "Food is Medicine" services under Medicaid to address chronic diet-related diseases.