The study — published Jan. 22 in PLOS One — analyzed 13,205 people aged 65 and older who were part of the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), a project run by the Centers ...

They used data on 13,205 adults aged 65 and over from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The study found that people who had experienced parental divorce before they were 18 ...

Their goal was to define obesity not merely as a risk factor but as a “standalone” disease. Over nearly two years, the panel employed a consensus-building process to craft statements reflecting the ...