Nearly 1 in 5 teens in the United States is obese, putting their long-term health at serious risk. Obesity in adolescence ...

Adolescent obesity rates rose from 2013 to 2023, while weight loss attempts declined over time, according to a study published online March 11 in the Ochsner Journal. Jack Yang, from the Charles E.

Nigeria has scored zero on obesity treatment and physical activity in a new global assessment of how countries are responding ...

As demand for weight-loss drugs continues to surge, regulators and courts are likelier to give a closer look at how well their rare risks are tracked and disclosed.

Obesity is emerging as a key driver of India’s noncommunicable disease crisis. With nearly 1 in 4 adults overweight and ...

(Andrey Sayfutdinov/iStock/Getty Images Plus) A worrying health pattern for some of the Gen X and Millennial crowd has been ...

Two related studies published recently by international teams—including researchers with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the UCLA Joe C. Wen School of Nursing—examined how diabetes, ...

IT seems that Guyanese are not taking seriously enough the tremendous impact that overweight has on the two main non-communicable diseases (NCDs)primarily responsible for deaths in this country – ...

Health experts on Tuesday warned that delaying treatment for obesity, described as “a growing health crisis,” could increase the prevalence of cardiovascular, kidney, and metabolic (CKM) diseases. The ...

A popular class of drugs for treating diabetes and obesity reduces addiction, including abuse of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, ...

Potholes that account for several fatal road accidents turned into a lifesaver for a ‘brain dead’ woman in Uttar Pradesh. On ...