Despite the staggering impact of obesity on the Black community, columnist Justice B. Hill argues that the issue has been largely ignored by society and the healthcare system.

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, dozens of international medical experts and people with lived experience are proposing a major change to how obesity is diagnosed because ...

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 report found that: • Black women had the highest rate of obesity at 58%, compared to the lowest rate of 15% among Asian women. •Hispanic men had the highest rate of diabetes at 15% compared to 8% ...

Journalist Natalie Winters fires back at critics of her wardrobe during her first days as a White House correspondent, ...

“In fact, AT is key to the control of whole-body metabolism and thus, modulating its function likely protects against obesity.” Of two types of fat in the body, white adipose tissue ...