GLP-1 drugs mimic a hormone that sends the brain signals of fullness. Researchers theorize that the drugs could work the same ...
Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, ...
Under the proposal, if West Virginia can reduce its obesity rate to under 25% (the rate in Colorado and Hawaii, our leanest ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, made a number of disputed claims.
Maps show the U.S. states with the healthiest diets, based on fruit and vegetables, alcohol, food insecurity, and diseases.
A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick ...
Separately, 13 state Medicaid programs, including North Carolina's, have opted to cover GLP-1s for obesity. But Medicaid is ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee for health secretary, repeatedly confused Medicare and Medicaid. He also ...
The Novo Nordisk Foundation does not plan to step in to prop up a global health sector reeling from a freeze on U.S.-funded ...
Police boats have returned to the Potomac River as part of the recovery and investigation after the United States’ deadliest ...
The proportion of obese boys in China jumped to 15.2% in 2022 from 1.3% in 1990, trailing the United States 22%, but higher than Japan's 6%, Britain's and Canada's 12% and India's 4%. Obesity in ...