Roughly 126 million U.S. adults ages 20 and older are projected to have obesity by 2035, according to estimates from a cross-sectional analysis. In 1990, 19.3% of U.S. adults had obesity; in 2022, ...

Between 2013 and 2022, obesity surged across the United States, and, while there has been a notable drop in levels since a peak of almost 40 percent in 2022, some states have still seen dramatic ...

People who live with obesity are "tagging" a memory of being overweight on a key part of the immune system—leaving people with ongoing risk of obesity-related conditions years after losing weight, ...

It might seem like semantics. But whether a health condition qualifies as a disease can have a huge impact on patient experiences and treatment options.

Excess body weight is known to contribute to a host of diseases, maladies, and physical problems, yet it hasn't been consistently attributed to the scourge of old age: dementia. In America, at least ...

Researchers projected that adult obesity rates in the U.S. will rise to 47% in the next decade. Women under age 35 had the largest increase in obesity prevalence from 1990 to 2022. Multifactorial ...