An international research group has examined how many people are affected by preclinical and clinical obesity and what health ...

While the study recognized that unhealthy lifestyle likely contributed to a person’s weight gain, the study said a person’s weight had a greater effect on developing prediabetes than perpetuating ...

According to recent estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one in five children in the United States is affected by obesity. Research has shown obesity often begins in ...

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

Obesity is a growing global health crisis, affecting millions of people and increasing the risk of chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. However, the good news is that obesity is ...

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 ...

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

By 2030, nearly half of all American adults will have obesity, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. In every single state, researchers expect at least 35% of adults ...

Childhood obesity is a serious health problem that has adverse and long-lasting consequences for individuals, families, and communities. The magnitude of the problem has increased dramatically over ...

We have spent the last 20 years fighting a war against obesity. While we are still searching for a “cure” to obesity, we have witnessed the rise of a different epidemic: widespread body ...