The latest report found 19 states have adult obesity rates at or above 35% — that's down from 23 last year.

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 ...

New research published Tuesday concludes that the rising rate of extreme childhood obesity—well above the usual BMI cutoff—has become a "public health emergency." Reading time 4 minutes Many Americans ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are an estimated 7.6 million fewer obese adults today compared with three years ago, new research shows, and injectable weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy may be a contributing factor.

It’s a growing problem. Cancer deaths tied to obesity have tripled in the US over the last two decades, according to sobering new research presented Sunday at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in ...

Adult obesity in the United States has risen sharply over the past three decades, and researchers warn the trend is likely to continue into the next decade, according to a new study. The research, ...

A new study published in the Journal of Lipid Research suggests that soybean oil, the most widely consumed cooking oil in the United States, may play a direct role in promoting obesity, and the effect ...

Louisiana lawmakers debated a bill that would require Medicaid to cover FDA-approved weight-loss medications for its ...