As we honor Black History Month and Heart Health Month, we are reminded that access to care for obesity and ...

By Tarun Sai Lomte Early feeding choices may shape long-term weight outcomes, but new research shows the relationship is ...

Even now, as the crisis worsens with the new definition of obesity, the reflex is to reach for prescription drugs to “solve” ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been tracking obesity rates, as measured by BMI, since the 1980s, ...

Obesity is associated with multiple non-communicable diseases (such as type 2 diabetes, various cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases, and some cancers) and detrimental psychosocial consequences ...

Obesity is linked to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee osteoarthritis. Obesity is currently defined using a person's body mass index, or BMI.

SA Canegrowers seeks to abolish South Africa’s sugar tax, blaming it and cheap imports for industry job losses. However, ...

As obesity rates rise across the U.S., a new study from UnitedHealthcare and the Health Action Council examines the financial costs that this growing "epidemic" may cause for employers. The report ...

Obesity has emerged as one of the most pressing public health challenges of our time, affecting millions worldwide and transcending traditional concerns about physical appearance. This chronic ...

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...

Obesity is rising at an alarming rate and is today a major public health challenge in India, said Economic Survey for 2025-26 ...