The Midwest and South also had high rates of obesity for non-Hispanic white men and women. In 2022, West Virginia had the ...

Over the next decade, obesity rates across the nation could surge to close to half of U.S. adults, a new study published in the medical journal JAMA estimates.

A new study suggests that people with obesity have higher rates of mortality and hospitalization from a variety of infections from viruses, fungi, parasites and bacteria ...

About a fifth of U.S. adults were living with obesity in 1990. By 2022, the percentage increased to nearly 43%. Obesity was ...

The prevalence of obesity is high in the United States and is expected to continue increasing to 46.9 percent of the adult population by 2035.

The prevalence of obesity in the United States increased from 1990 to 2022 and has been predicted to continue through 2035.

MANILA, Philippines — The rise of obesity and overweight as well as its attendant maladies (diabetes, heart disease, among others) in the Philippines is definitely cause for concern. Many, however, ...

Hypertension among children and adolescents is no longer a rare condition but an escalating global health concern that demands urgent attention to prevent long-term heart, blood vessel and kidney ...

People living with obesity are 70 percent more likely to be hospitalized or die due to an infection, according to a new study. Researchers also found that around one in 10 ...

At the much-awaited medical symposium spearheaded by Zuellig Pharma, a leading healthcare solutions company in Asia, a new ...

GLP-1 weight loss drugs are taking over Super Bowl ads, signaling a major shift in how obesity meds are marketed, normalized ...

At a forum spearheaded by Zuellig Pharma, a leading health care solutions company in Asia, local and international medical authorities convened with members of the press to help strengthen public ...