It turns out your mouth may know more about your metabolism than your bathroom scale. New research shows that people with ...

In every single state, researchers expect at least 35% of adults to have a body mass index of 30 or higher, the threshold ...

The AACE consensus statement emphasizes improvement of overall health in addition to weight reduction among adults with obesity and adiposity-based chronic disease.

Experts at a roundtable in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 19, 2025, discussed multidisciplinary strategies for obesity ...

A public health expert explains how GLP-1 drugs have changed the way healthcare providers understand and treat obesity.

Electronic health records and kiosk data provide alternative measurements of obesity, capturing prevalence across geographic US regions.

Global obesity in women is a major health crisis, with around 18.5% of women worldwide living with obesity. Rising rates ...

Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much worse it could get. A team of researchers found that in 2021, one billion men ...

Obesity has emerged as one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time, affecting millions worldwide and transcending traditional concerns about physical appearance. This chronic ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Obesity affects millions of Americans and is now recognized as a chronic disease that requires long-term, comprehensive care. With new medications, advanced surgical options, ...

Among the chaos of busy days and competing priorities, in the end, all parents want is health and happiness for their children. But it's tricky for governments and health care providers to know the ...

Mike Tyson joins HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to fight obesity after losing his sister when she was 25 to a heart ...