Covering 7 South Pacific islands and atolls, American Samoa is a territory of the U.S that has an alarming obesity rate of 75 ...

Nongovernmental organization Guåhan Global Foundation announced in a press release that Guam is among the 25 U.S. states or ...

It’s a brain disease,” a prominent obesity doctor explained on a “60 Minutes” episode about the drugs. “Obesity is disease” ...

One in every three Guam adults has obesity, based on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s newly released ...

The CDC defines obesity as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30, and a shocking 20% of Americans meet that criteria, with the Midwest and the South reporting the highest levels of weight.

About 40% of Louisiana adults are obese, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) today responded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) newest data on obesity prevalence in the ...

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen have detected lipid biomarkers in children and teenagers with obesity that indicate an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, liver and heart ...

The CDC has released its Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps for 2023, and more than 35 percent of the adults in 23 states are obese. Texas just misses that mark, with 34.4 percent of adult Texans ...