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

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity markedly increased among adults and children in the US from the 1970s and 1980s until now.

Obesity is now linked to at least 13 types of cancer, making it one of the most preventable cancer risk factors in the United States.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An estimated 107 million American adults were living with obesity in 2022, up from 34.7 million in 1990. The ...

New data showed childhood obesity has hit a record high in recent years, while federal changes such as cuts to food assistance programs and a revamped food pyramid reignite debates over how to handle ...

The 2013 declaration of obesity as a chronic disease and the 2021 approval of semaglutide are associated with increased use ...

A new national study warns that nearly half of U.S. adults could be living with obesity within a decade, underscoring widening racial, ethnic and geographic disparities - and prompting renewed calls ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --The prevalence of obese adults in the United States more than doubled between 1990 and 2022 and is expected to increase over the next decade, an analysis of public health data released ...

U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two new reports published early Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...