In A Nutshell Kids with obesity and normal lab results still had much higher rates of diabetes and heart risk factors by age ...

A new Biden proposal for coverage of obesity drugs by Medicare and Medicaid coincides with a report finding that 75% of American adults are overweight or obese. The numbers have been trending upward ...

Mississippi has been crowned the unhealthiest state in the U.S., according to data collected on national rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Sometimes referred to under the umbrella ...

The general rate of obesity among adults in the United States has stagnated, but the rate of severe obesity has increased, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A report ...

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

The companies developing new weight-loss medicines have a problem: the balance of power has shifted, and patients are bailing out of their clinical trials.

Childhood obesity may be quietly undermining one of the central promises of American life. A study by a Rutgers researcher has found that children who are obese are far less likely to climb the ...

Obesity is a disease characterized by having excessive body fat, increasing a person’s risk for many serious health problems, such as heart disease, diabetes, and even some cancers. In the United ...

Even with Congress in it's lame-duck session, we would like to call attention to the growing problem of liver disease, which is becoming a public health crisis. There are more than 100 different types ...

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR, CHIEF INTERNATIONAL ANCHOR: And as we said, it’s streaming live now — or no, it’s streaming now on Apple TV. We turn next to a health crisis in the United States. A new Biden ...