U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two ...

Arkansas saw its obesity rate dip and its national ranking among the fattest states drop -- but those perceived improvements are being met by muted applause among health professionals across the state ...

U.S. children and teens are now at record-high levels of obesity — with more than one in five affected by obesity.  Severe obesity among youth is c ...

According to the 16th annual State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America report released on Thursday by the Trust for America’s Health (TFAH), 25.7 percent of New Jersey residents have ...

U.S. adult obesity rates have declined for the first time in years, while South Carolina's rate remains among the nation’s highest. What to know ...

A large and growing share of Americans are obese, a phenomenon many health experts are calling an epidemic. Since the late 1970s, the share of adults in the United States who are obese has grown from ...

Childhood obesity has long been a problem in the United States. Now new research from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reveals new state-by-state differences and just how serious the problem has ...

Adult obesity in Virginia is tracking with the national average, according to a new report released Thursday by the Trust for America’s Health. The 16th annual State of Obesity: Better Policies for a ...

Oprah Winfrey, true to form, is forcing America to yet again grapple with a complex topic: weight loss. Her full-throated endorsement on national television last week for using GLP-1 drugs like ...

It's no secret – obesity is the most prevalent epidemic affecting the Western world, but one obesity organization leaders' idea to curtail the problem has some people raising their eyebrows. "[It's] ...