The figures, initially from the 2023 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps but updated on September 12, 2024, shows that every state in the U.S. has an obesity rate of over 20 percent. The data also shows ...

According to the CDC, as of August 2023, 40.3 percent of U.S. adults—some 100 million people—met the clinical definition for obesity. But this same estimate, which is based on National Health ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — Young people with severe obesity who underwent weight-loss surgery at age 19 or younger continued to see sustained weight loss and resolution of common obesity-related ...

Studies show that zip code is the greatest predictor of obesity in populations. A KU health psychology class has investigated ...

The World Health Organization describes obesity as an epidemic that disrupts metabolic equilibrium ... Furthermore, the ...

Chinese scientists have recommended a region-specific diet they say is crucial to improving eating habits in the country amid a rise in obesity and lifestyle diseases, and as a means to conserve ...

Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.

Since semaglutide was approved by the FDA for weight loss under the brand name Wegovy in 2021, GLP-1 medications—originally ...

Health officials today labelled the figures 'concerning' and warned that the NHS 'cannot solve' Britain's childhood obesity crisis ... It comes as the World Health Organization last year also ...

But other definitions remain vague. The World Health Organization defines obesity as “abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that presents a risk to health” with a BMI over 30. “It's night ...

Paresh Dandona is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts in the treatment of endocrine disorders, especially diabetes and obesity, and vascular disease. His research on diabetes ranges from ...