U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two ...

Over the next decade, obesity rates across the nation could surge to close to half of U.S. adults, a new study published in the medical journal JAMA estimates.

New data showed childhood obesity has hit a record high in recent years, while federal changes such as cuts to food assistance programs and a revamped food pyramid reignite debates over how to handle ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday revealed that childhood and teen obesity rates in the U.S.

U.S. adult obesity rates have declined for the first time in years, while South Carolina's rate remains among the nation’s ...

One in 5 children aged 2 to 19 in the U.S. are living with obesity, marking the highest rate ever recorded, according to newly published data from the CDC. The agency published two reports Feb. 25 ...

(NEXSTAR) — The number of states with high adult obesity rates has dropped for the first time in more than a decade, a new report released Thursday found. The nonprofit Trust for America’s Health ...

America’s obesity rate is on the decline, a new Gallup poll published Tuesday shows, falling nearly three percent as the use of popular GLP-1-class diabetes and weight loss drugs has surged. There are ...

VISALIA, Calif (KFSN) -- For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates in the US are down, from 39% to 37.7%. Meanwhile, the use of GLP-1 medications, focused on ...

Weight-loss jabs alone are not enough to solve the UK’s worsening obesity crisis, the government’s chief medical adviser has ...

According to the Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index, 37% of U.S. adults now report obesity, down from 39.9% three ...

From small island states to rapidly modernizing economies, obesity rates are rising globally — but the causes go far beyond ...