The prevalence of obesity and diabetes has grown worldwide, presenting notable challenges to public health and health care ...

Continuing the trend noted in November, acute respiratory diseases and infections increased in its percent of telehealth ...

Mar. 3, 2025 — Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide forecast to be obese by 2050, according to a new study. But with significant increases ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight as a waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much ...

Globally, increases in obesity are projected to continue to 2050 for children and adolescents, and the prevalence o ...

Chief Secretary to the Government Tan Sri Mohd Zuki Ali on Saturday said that there is a need for healthy activities among civil servants due to a significant obesity rate. Mohd Zuki said this is ...

As rates go down, more people should be able to buy a home or refinance their current mortgage. See how home interest rates are trending today and where they might go in the future. Today's ...

projecting a staggering 115 per cent increase in obesity rates between 2010 and 2030. This rapid rise, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, is putting immense pressure on already ...

New research indicates that global obesity rates will substantially increase between 2022 and 2030, with 15.6% of those ages 5 to 14 expected to have the chronic disease by 2050. The study modeled ...

In India, obesity rates have surged dramatically in the past three decades. In 1990, an estimated 15 million men and 21 million women in the country were overweight or obese. By 2021, these numbers ...

World Obesity Day – celebrated every year on 4 March – is a World Obesity Federation initiative supporting practical solutions to help reverse obesity.