The state's obesity rate is at its highest level since 2019, ranking Michigan 33rd nationally in the latest federal data. Estimates are obesity costs the health care system almost $173 billion a year.

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, cardiologists advise trying an online calculator that lets younger people find out ...

New research suggests that having a high body mass index (BMI) as a young child may not reflect a lifelong risk of obesity. A study by experts from the University of Queensland Institute for Molecular ...

Obesity may be a contributing factor in more than 10% of infection-related deaths, a new study reveals. The researchers analyzed medical data from nearly 550,000 adults in Finland and the U.K. over a ...

Adults who had ADHD and received MPH also had a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity than matched peers without ADHD, 46.5% vs. 35.0%. The MPH group also had higher odds of short stature (~8%) ...

“We don’t want to wait until it is too late,” said Sadiya Khan, professor of cardiovascular epidemiology Getty A study found that a new online calculator can determine a young adult's 30-year risk of ...

A new online calculator could help young adults determine their 30-year heart disease risk, which could lead to earlier prevention efforts. A study — published Nov. 17 in the Journal of the American ...

“I’ll worry about my heart health when I’m older.” That may be too late, doctors warn. While the average age for being diagnosed with heart disease in the United States is typically in the mid-60s for ...

The FX comedy “Adults” has been renewed for Season 2. The ensemble series originally debuted on FX back in May, with Season 2 set to air in 2026. The series stars Malik Elassal, Lucy Freyer, Jack ...

Adolescents with underweight BMI demonstrated higher risk for osteoporosis in adulthood, especially those who remained underweight into adulthood. Young-age body mass index (BMI) and its trajectory ...

A U-shaped relationship was found between BMI and the risk for elevated liver stiffness in older adults, with both lower and higher BMI tied to an increased risk. An optimal BMI range of 21.8-24.3 was ...

Background and Goal: Although body mass index (BMI) is widely used in clinics as the standard measure of body composition, it can potentially misclassify muscular individuals as overweight and miss ...