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America’s obesity rate looks to be plateauing—again.

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That means it's too soon to know whether new treatments for obesity, including blockbuster weight-loss drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound, can help ease the epidemic of the chronic disease linked ...

Obesity is a widespread health issue influenced by genetic and lifestyle factors. This article explores its definition, ...

The United States faces more widespread health problems than other developed countries, and they are not distributed evenly ...

Overweight and obesity are reaching epidemic proportions. Here you can find data on country-specific obesity rates and their ...

Adolescents with type 2 diabetes have a higher incidence of complications than adults with type 2 diabetes or adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

It is not a mystery that childhood obesity has become a crisis within the United States. With increased screen time, ...

Using gene therapy, Shriners Children's St. Louis Director of Research Dr. Farshid Guilak and Senior Scientist Dr. Ruhang Tang have discovered a revolutionary new way to convert harmful fatty acids ...