Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

A brief research report evaluated obesity among U.S. children and adolescents from 2011 to August 2023 and compared changes ...

Amgen AMGN is one of the several drug makers racing to develop the next blockbuster weight loss drug and take a share of the ...

GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide and tirzepatide show promise in treating obesity, with benefits including weight loss and ...

Full Phase 2 study results showed side effects that led people to stop treatment with MariTide, as well as weight loss ...

Injectable GLP-1 drugs for obesity have been found to produce smaller weight loss in a real-world setting compared to randomized clinical trials because patients discontinue treatment or use lower ...

Fact checked by Sarah Scott Obesity can lead to health problems, but children need compassion, not body shaming The language ...

a recent report from the department of health found obesity rates for kindergartners is about 17%, and 24% for third graders. that’s down from a peak of 18% and 28.6% during the pandemic.

Rates of overweight and obesity have already more than doubled over the past three decades, with more than 2.1 billion adults and 493 million young people aged 5-24 years affected as of 2021, ...

For decades, rates of obesity in the US have climbed – but that trend may be changing. The number of adults with obesity dipped ever so slightly in 2023, suggesting the country has reached a ...

Obesity rates in the US dropped slightly in 2023 for the first time in over a decade, with rates falling from 46% to 45.6%. A key driver of this trend is the increased use of semaglutide, ...