President Trump established by way of executive order a Make America Healthy Again Commission. However, much of what’s ...

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) have become the latest villain in our never-ending search for an easy scapegoat. But before we ...

Among children with high blood pressure (BP), there are racial and ethnic disparities in receipt of nutrition, lifestyle, and weight counseling.

Childhood obesity rates are rising and global figures don't make for easy reading. The World Health Organization (WHO) ...

In today’s digital age, the ubiquitous presence of cellphones has transformed them into essential tools for communication, ...

The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of obesity was seen for children and adolescents, according to data published ...

Keeping kids healthy can be a big job. From the day their children are born, parents ferry them to and from medical offices, ...

Knownwell, which so far only has one clinic in Boston and another in Dallas, sees a chance to pounce on an unaddressed need ...

If the CMS rule to cover obesity medications is finalized, coverage will increase by other insurers, experts predicted. HHS ...

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that childhood obesity in California is on the rise, state data shows. Free school meals have ...

From 2013-2014 to August 2021-August 2023, there were small increases in the percentage of children and adolescents with obesity, as well as in adults with severe obesity (but not obesity). There were ...

A recently published LongITools study led by the University of Oulu identified two new childhood BMI patterns, challenging ...