New data showed childhood obesity has hit a record high in recent years, while federal changes such as cuts to food assistance programs and a revamped food pyramid reignite debates over how to handle ...

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity markedly increased among adults and children in the US from the 1970s and 1980s until now, according to two reports ...

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 ...

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

As obesity in America continues to rise at alarming rates, researchers are finding that diet and exercise are not the only driving factors. A new scientific review from UCLA Health explains how stress ...

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 ...

America’s obesity problem is tipping the scales. A staggering 47% of American adults will be living with obesity by 2035, a new study published in JAMA projects, citing the country’s rapidly rising ...

In the last 50 years, food availability has increased in Latin America and the Caribbean, making a wider range of food easily accessible. Unfortunately, some of this food has very poor nutritional ...

A coalition of Hispanic health and public policy organizations is pushing for New Mexico’s Medicaid program to broaden its coverage of weight loss drugs as treatment for obesity. The policy change, ...

This week, Mad in America examines three studies around mental health diagnosis, psychotropic drug use, obesity, and diabetes ...