In 2021, 36.5 million children and adolescents and 172 million adults had overweight and obesity. The new forecast would mean ...

Over the past year, the question has been coming in from everywhere – from my patients and family members, from colleagues ...

Obesity is spreading in the United States, as 75% of of adults and almost half of people aged 15-24 are overweight.

For at least the last half century, obesity has been one the rise around the world, contributing to what many officials consider a public health crisis. While there remains some controversy about how ...

Nearly three quarters of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, according to a sweeping new study. The findings have ...

Nearly three quarters of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, according to a new study. The findings have wide-reaching implications for the nation's health and medical costs as it faces a growing ...

The study authors were particularly alarmed by the steep rise in obesity among children, more than 1 in 3 of whom are now ...

For decades, researchers from all obesity-related disciplines have been observing the escalating prevalence of people living ...

Researchers said the analysis lays bare a ‘decades-long-failure’ to tackle the overweight and obesity epidemic ...

A new study reveals a shocking prediction that by 2050, nearly 260 million people in the US will be overweight or obese, ...

The prevalence of obesity and overweight is extraordinarily high. Unsurprisingly, deaths related to obesity are on the rise, ...