New criteria that put greater emphasis on body composition to diagnose obesity show greater prevalence of the disease in the ...

This would not be the first time that public-health experts have prematurely celebrated the peak of America’s obesity crisis.

The prevalence of obesity among adults has slightly decreased in the United States but remains higher than 10 years ago, new federal data shows. Among adults aged 20 and older, about 40.3% were ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Obesity medications were prescribed to 8% of adults with obesity in a large health system. Black and Hispanic ...

The U.S. adult obesity rate dropped from 39.9% in 2022 to 37.0% in 2025 — representing an estimated 7.6 million fewer obese ...

Diabetes and obesity — two risk factors for heart disease — are on the rise among young adults in the U.S., according to a newly published study of about 13,000 people ages 20 to 44 years old. The ...

Credit: Getty Images. Primary care clinicians can use the KAER framework to help older adults manage obesity. Almost 31% of older adults in the United States live with obesity. Excess weight puts ...

Obesity is no longer a minor concern in Korea. One in three adults is now obese, a new government survey showed on Monday, as ...

Cancer incidence is rising around the world, but an international study is challenging the popular narrative that young ...