In 2023, the United States marked a major milestone in the battle against a longstanding public health crisis: adult obesity rates dropped for the first time in a decade. Researchers pointed to GLP-1s ...

According to the country’s health commission, roughly a third of China’s residents are overweight, with 16% considered obese.

Researchers at the Advanced Research Unit on Metabolism, Development & Aging (ARUMDA), in the Tata Institute of Fundamental ...

Northwell Health partnered with Stacker to examine how rising prices for healthy foods impact low-income families, using data ...

Researchers at the Advanced Research Unit on Metabolism, Development & Aging (ARUMDA), in the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR, Mumbai and ...

Prevalence of physical activity, including lifestyle activities among adults — United States, 2000–2001 ... Years of life lost due to obesity. J. Amer. Med. Assoc. 289, 187–193 (2003).

Dr. Eric Verdin studies how we can extend our healthspan, or quality of life, and uses his findings to tweak his lifestyle.

With the advent of GLP-1 drugs, perspectives about weight management are changing. Ted Kyle hopes the food industry can make some changes, too, to better serve all consumers.

Sam Srisatta, a 20-year-old Florida college student, spent a month living inside a government hospital here last fall, ...

Kansas House and Senate passed a bill seeking permission to bar in-state food stamps from purchasing candy and soda from the ...

For every year that an adult aged 65 or older experiences food insecurity, they become more likely to undergo unhealthy ...