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.

This article was written by Gwen Dilworth of Mississippi Today. Mississippi earned low marks for preventable deaths related ...

China is aiming to beef up physical education in schools, making it core to the curriculum rather than a secondary subject, ...

A global commission presents a nuanced approach to defining clinical obesity as a chronic illness resulting from the effect of excess adiposity on organ and tissue function.

Over the past several decades, the health of the average American has steadily declined, marked by rising rates of obesity, ...

In recent decades, the health of the average American has steadily declined: obesity rates have tripled since the 60s, while ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...