A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick ...

The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of obesity was seen for children and adolescents, according to data published ...

Obesity has been ... participants for 30 years; all of the participants were between the ages of seven and 15 in 1985, and the team tracked their health outcomes through 2019.

Opens in a new tab or window After patients with obesity ... in discussion rates mirrors the increased safety of metabolic and bariatric surgery procedures over the past 20 years," the researchers ...

The relationship between obesity and cancer risk has become increasingly clear through research. Multiple types of cancer show higher prevalence rates among individuals with obesity, including ...

A decades-long study of Danish conscripts finds that despite the rise in obesity, the inverse relationship between intelligence and BMI has remained unchanged.

Jan. 27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future ... Signposting Children to ...

More than 30,000 lives are being lost each year ... worsening obesity crisis, he said the problem was affecting children as young as 13. "Obesity levels are rising at an alarming rate," said ...

and Dunkin’, Massachusetts consistently boasts one of the lowest obesity rates in the country. Even so, this relatively lean state had among the nation’s biggest surges last year in residents ...

Instead of BMI, the commission recommends that obesity be diagnosed through one of these methods ... save healthcare resources by reducing the rate of overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatment ...