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 ...

Just over 40% of Americans are obese based on their BMIs, and that number has been on the rise since the mid-1970s. But a few new statistics suggest that the obesity rate is now plateauing, or even ...

While the national conversation around childhood obesity often focuses on rising health care costs, new research co-authored by Ball State University economist Dr. Maoyong Fan suggests the crisis may ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A new study found that nearly three quarters of adults in the U.S. are affected by obesity or overweight. That study, reported in the medical journal The Lancet, found that by 2050, ...

A disturbing statistic revealing the dismal state of health in America is that more than 40 percent of the population is obese (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a ...

The AACE consensus statement emphasizes improvement of overall health in addition to weight reduction among adults with obesity and adiposity-based chronic disease.

Dr. Mark Hyman calls new nutrition guidelines "revolutionary" for targeting processed foods and sugar drinks, despite dairy ...

The Biden administration released a proposed rule allowing Medicare prescription drug plans to cover medicines for obesity, the future of which has been left to the in-coming Trump Administration.