Most Americans with obesity perceive themselves as only having overweight regardless of race or ethnicity, whereas ...

Obesity rates for U.S. children and teenagers have reached record highs, while rates for adults had a slight decline, according to reports by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Pre-pregnancy parental overweight and obesity is linked to the next generation's heightened risk of developing fatty liver ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday revealed that childhood and teen obesity rates in the U.S.

U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two new reports published early Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Obesity is a disease characterized by having excessive body fat, increasing a person’s risk for many serious health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, and even some cancers. In the United ...

A new study projects that more than nearly 260 million Americans will be overweight or obese by 2050. The study was published in the medical journal The Lancet, which released the findings last week.

One in 5 children aged 2 to 19 in the U.S. are living with obesity, marking the highest rate ever recorded, according to newly published data from the CDC. The agency published two reports Feb. 25 ...

A study has found that microvascular abnormalities in the brain can occur even in the pre-obesity overweight stage. Even if ...

Over half of adults and a third of kids and teens around the world will have overweight or obesity by 2050, according to two reports using data on 204 countries and territories. If observed trends ...