April 30, 2009 — Editor’s note: Childhood obesity remains a significant health challenge today. From 2003 to 2006, 16.3% of children and adolescents aged 2 through 19 were overweight, defined as a ...

Sept. 20, 2004 — Editor's Note: At the Second Annual Conference on Legal Approaches to the Obesity Epidemic, held from Sept. 17-19 at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts, ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - Dr. Jayme Stokes, a bariatric surgeon with Novant Health, was in the studio to answer questions about obesity and weight loss options. Dr. Stokes says many factors can cause ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been tracking obesity rates, as measured by BMI, since the 1980s, according to Cate Varney, a family medicine physician and the director of obesity ...

Elaine Chen covers biotech, co-writes The Readout newsletter, and co-hosts STAT’s weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud. You can reach Elaine on Signal at elaineywchen.70. Eli Lilly’s ...

Medicaid/CHIP surveillance demonstrated an 11.4% relative rise in pediatric diabetes prevalence, including a 24.3% increase in type 2 diabetes, with disparities by geography, sex, and region.

Queen Latifah wants the world to know obesity is a disease, one often tainted with stigma. The Grammy Award-winning musician and actress opened up about the public awareness campaign, Truth About ...

Forecasts indicate a drastic increase in US obesity rates in the next 25 years, emphasizing the need for comprehensive public health strategies. For reference, the total US population is 337 million ...

Is obesity a disease or a risk factor for disease? In medical circles – and outside of them – the question is contentious, with supporters on either side. In a newly published report, the Global ...

Adults with active psoriatic arthritis and obesity had improvements in disease activity, physical function, weight loss and quality of life with combination ixekizumab plus tirzepatide, according to ...

In every single state, researchers expect at least 35% of adults to have a body mass index of 30 or higher, the threshold that defines obesity. That prediction may come as a shock, as weight loss ...