MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past ...

New research has showed the UK town with the most obese children - this interactive map shows you obesity levels where you ...

Aim: To determine the size of CVD burden attributable to obesity in the US and identify the mechanisms through which obesity affects CVD. Methods: This study used data collected from US adults (aged ...

Britain was 22nd (11.3 per cent), while the US claimed 52nd spot (7.9 per cent). Obesity doesn't just expand waistlines but health care costs, with the NHS spending an estimated £6.1billion ...

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.

Despite the large number of state parks and open lands, Tennessee is among the least healthy states in the country, according ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that over 40% of adults in the United States are living with obesity. It can negatively affect your quality of life and lead to ...

Viking Therapeutics released new data on an obesity pill that may eventually compete with blockbuster shots from Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, stoking further takeout speculation for the company.

Public health experts say Kennedy's criticism of U.S. health care institutions reflects rising distrust in institutions among the public.

In response, the agency has released a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map that provides a highly detailed, county-by-county picture of where these damaging, disruptive and potentially deadly ...

Hawaii had the highest in the nation at 79.9 years. The numbers, from the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reflect data from 2021. The rest of ...