A new study suggests that medications that have transformed the treatment of obesity may also help people drink less alcohol.

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 ...

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

Research has uncovered key differences in gene expression linked to inflammation, metabolism and cardioprotection. These findings could help inform the development of targeted therapies for ...

Americans are split on using weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy to treat obesity or weight-related conditions, according to a survey published Friday. The new Associated Press (AP)-NORC ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday is scrubbing a swath of HIV-related content from the agency’s ...

About 20% of children in the U.S. have obesity, according to CDC data. Dr. Gitanjali Srivastava ... Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson ...

In 1987, Congress passed the Helms Amendment, derisively known as the “No Promo Homo” bill, which prohibited the CDC from creating HIV educational materials or developing programs that would ...