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The obesity rate in America keeps on growing and is expected to get even bigger
A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick ...
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A bold experiment: Let’s bribe West Virginia to reduce its obesity rate
Under the proposal, if West Virginia can reduce its obesity rate to under 25% (the rate in Colorado and Hawaii, our leanest ...
Fact-Checking Kennedy’s Health Claims in His Confirmation Hearing
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, made a number of disputed claims.
Medical Xpress13d
States consider high costs, possible savings of covering weight-loss drugs for their workers
Separately, 13 state Medicaid programs, including North Carolina's, have opted to cover GLP-1s for obesity. But Medicaid is ...
The Hill20d
Commission finds new way to define obesity
A group of experts from around the world are proposing an alternative way of defining clinical obesity, eschewing the commonly referenced body max index (BMI) and instead approaching the condition ...
coloradopolitics4dOpinion
Comprehensive obesity care in Colorado will save state money, advance health equity | OPINION
Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado state legislature have the opportunity this year to pass a law to help our sickest and most ...
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Report: Obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure remain on the rise in U.S.
Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, according to an annual report from the American Heart Association. These ...
WAFF21d
Obesity rate drops in the U.S., healthcare experts point to GLP-1 medications as the cause
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates have dropped in the United States. A recent study by the CDC showed that from 2021 to 2023, those rates dropped from 41.9% ...
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International panel offers new ways to define obesity
The way obesity is diagnosed needs to become more ... weight-loss drug Zepbound to treat sleep apnea Dementia cases in United States expected to double by 2060, study says Instead of BMI, the ...