Obesity: Even modest weight loss can give several health benefits like improving blood sugar levels, lowering the risk of ...

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

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 ...

“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 ...

For perspective, before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%. Today, at least 20% of adults in each state live with obesity. Ozempic, the household name for semaglutide ...

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 ...

BMI and obesity prevalence in the US decreased for the first time in a decade in 2023. (HealthDay News) — Body mass index (BMI) and obesity prevalence declined in the United States in 2023 ...

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

"Alison was the preeminent scholar on adolescent obesity and eating disorders,” said Kerri Boutelle, a pediatrics professor ...