(HealthDay News) — The number of US adults with severe obesity increased from 2013 to 2023, according to a research letter published online Feb. 13 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has ...
The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of ...
Prescriptions of obesity management drugs (OMDs) have increased, and these increasing trends are associated with online search trends.
Congressional District faces significant health challenges, with obesity at 40.4%, diabetes at 12.3% and high blood pressure at 37%. Life expectancy is 75.9 years, below the U.S. average of 78.7 years ...
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 ...
A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...
Our nation faces a growing health crisis. For decades, obesity rates in the United States have grown thanks to significant changes in the lifestyles of Americans — much due to the increased ...