Obesity, which affects 650 million people worldwide, influences the development of cardiometabolic diseases and increases the risk of cancer.

A recent population-based study indicates that among children with cancer, those with obesity at the time of diagnosis may face an elevated risk of dying.

Rewards and financial incentives are successful methods to help people quit smoking, according to a new Cochrane review co-led by a University of Massachusetts Amherst public health and health policy ...

Under President Joe Biden, enrollment in Medicaid hit a record high and the uninsured rate reached a record low.