Obesity prevalence in the United States declined for the first time in a decade, according to a research letter published in ...

“These findings suggest that BMI and obesity prevalence in the U.S. decreased in 2023 for the first time in more than a decade,” the authors write. “The most notable decrease was in the South, which ...

Their findings indicate that BMI and the prevalence of obesity in the United States decreased for the first time in 10 years in 2023, particularly in southern states. Obesity prevalence across the ...

2023 marked a decline in BMI and obesity prevalence in the US, potentially linked to weight loss medications like semaglutide. The study analyzed data from 16,743,822 adults, showing a slight BMI ...

BMI measurements, which are a standard but limited way to estimate obesity as a ratio of weight to height, were gathered from electronic health records. The researchers found that the prevalence ...

A significant percentage of adolescents in the United States are living with hyperuricemia, a condition that is associated with obesity and risks for cardiometabolic complications, according to study ...

Dr Norliza Ahmad says obese children have a high risk of developing non-communicable diseases which could negatively affect ...

Combined exposure to dioxins and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (DL-PCBs) is significantly associated with an ...