A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.

The conversation surrounding health care reform has intensified in recent years, revealing deep divides in how we view personal responsibility, government intervention and public health ...

Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, ...

Despite the staggering impact of obesity on the Black community, columnist Justice B. Hill argues that the issue has been ...

Is it even possible to change lifestyles and the food environment enough to solve America’s obesity problem ... series -- which helps to offset the costs of several reporter and editor positions ...

Russell Wooten of Hendersonville, North Carolina, has spent much of his life struggling with obesity, often carrying ... diseases — and the short-term costs. Separately, 13 state Medicaid ...

The governor also said she would work with other states to leverage their combined purchasing power to reduce the cost of the drugs for all New Yorkers.

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity ... “will carry significant costs and ...

Hims & Hers’ decision to advertise at the Super Bowl represents an ambitious play for the brand as it positions itself in the ...

The anti-obesity drug Zepbound made by Eli Lilly & Co. could be one of the biggest cost drivers for ... [+] health insurers, employers and government health programs who cover it in 2025.

In an accompanying editorial "Spending Money, Saving Money We Don't Got: The Cost of Obesity," James A. Stone, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine ...