According to the CDC, obesity costs the U.S. health care system almost $173 billion annually through the treatment of chronic diseases associated with it. By providing greater access to obesity ...

Chronic stress elevates cortisol levels and this has been proven to lead to unhealthy weight gain and increased inflammation, which supports cancer progression. Regular exercise and intermittent ...

Right now, patients with obesity and cirrhosis have few treatments for their progressive liver disease, but a new study offers one available option: bariatric surgery. Weight loss operations ...

Americans are split on using weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy to treat obesity or weight-related conditions, according to a survey published Friday. The new Associated Press (AP)-NORC ...

LONDON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Britain's pharmacies regulator on Tuesday tightened rules for online pharmacies' prescribing obesity drugs, ordering them to make changes to prevent people from receiving ...

Obesity appears to be associated with malignant progression of Barrett’s esophagus (BE), according to a recent systematic review and meta-analysis. A dose-response relationship exists between ...

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: Obesity prevalence among US adults falls slightly to 40%, remains higher than 10 years ago: CDC The report further outlines the diagnostic criteria for obesity, combining elevated BMI with ...

A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the ... Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40.3 percent of U.S. adults were ...

Between August 2021 and August 2023, approximately 40% of U.S. adults had obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Around 9.4% of those adults had severe obesity.