Re “Are We Thinking About Obesity All Wrong?,” by Julia Belluz (Opinion guest essay, Sept. 22): The author rightly underscores the need for a precise medical definition of obesity and its ...

Sep. 20, 2024 — A new type of blood test using lipids could make it easier to identify children at risk of complications around obesity including type two diabetes, liver and heart disease ...

Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.

Learn how healthcare workers can overcome feelings of shame and promote a shame-competent environment in this perspective essay from The Lancet.

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided insight into the prevalence of obesity across the United States. The figures, initially from the 2023 Adult ...

Obesity is an epidemic in the America. Four in 10 U.S. adults fit the medical definition of having obesity, which puts them at risk for serious health problems, including diabetes, heart disease ...

Pickwickian syndrome, aka obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS ... Joe from the 1836 Charles Dickens novel “The Pickwick Papers.” Joe had many of the symptoms later described by clinicians ...

The CDC report found almost 10% of U.S. adults had severe obesity. The prevalence of obesity among adults has slightly decreased in the United States but remains higher than 10 years ago ...

Researchers estimate that expanding access to weight-loss drugs could save over 50,000 lives annually, reducing obesity rates ...

In the ensuing decades, finance, consulting and tech rose while manufacturing shrank. According to the St. Louis Federal ...

A review of the medical records of thousands of adolescents treated for obesity found that kids who received the GLP-1 medications semaglutide or liraglutide were less likely to have suicidal ...

Noom Med with SmartRx, in partnership with Waltz Health, drives significant ROI for employers who wish to cover GLP-1s as a supplemental benefit ...