(Reuters) - U.S. military veterans face racial and ethnic inequities in access to Novo Nordisk's highly in-demand drugs for ...

Kentucky, Alaska and Alabama are the three states where weight loss drugs are most used, and Hawaii, Arizona and Colorado sit at the other end of the spectrum, a report has revealed.

For example, metro areas with higher incomes tend to have lower levels of people who smoke and have obesity; cities where people drive to work alone are more likely to have more people with obesity.

The obesity epidemic began around 1975 ... We had a large NIH grant in collaboration with a group in Hawaii to develop imaging technology similar to Amazon technology. I think the dream here ...

Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Nov. 5 General Election, Civil Beat asked candidates to answer some questions about where they stand on various issues and what their priorities will be if elected.

“We must strengthen pathways for Native Hawaiian success in education, health, economic stability and housing.” Editor’s note: For Hawaii’s Nov. 5 General Election, Civil Beat asked ...

Submit your application to your County Elections Division by 4:30 p.m. on the 10th day before the election. Visit a designated place of deposit or voter service center in the county where you ...

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 ...

List of countries by obesity rate: Overweight and obesity, resulting from excessive fat accumulation, have become significant health concerns today, with global adult obesity having more than doubled ...

The report shows that the lowest rates of obesity are in Colorado and Washington D.C. This differs from previous figures that listed Hawaii as the country's least obese state. The CDC also broke ...

Obesity is a multifactorial, chronic, relapsing, non-communicable disease marked by an abnormal and/or excessive accumulation of body fat that presents a risk to health. It is well established that ...