Jun. 8—(Family Features) Obesity is a lifelong health problem that affects more than 42% of American adults and impacts some ethnic and racial groups more than others. According to the U.S. Centers ...

(NAPSI)—Obesity is a life-long health problem that affects more than 42% of American adults. Most people don’t know that obesity is a disease and impacts some ethnic and racial groups more than others ...

One of the experts who helped her come to that understanding was Dr. Ania M. Jastreboff, whom Winfrey met during a panel ...

Here's a look at obesity in the United States. Obesity is achieved when a person reaches a particular body mass index (BMI). Adults with a BMI of 25 to 29.9 are considered overweight, while adults ...

Obesity is on the rise worldwide, but researchers still don’t fully know why. We look at how weight gain sneaks up on us, if our genes are to blame after all, and why our parents leave us a lifelong ...

It has long been a well-established and well-documented fact that obesity — a complex, chronic disease which involves the abnormal or excessive accumulation of body fat — is one of the most pressing ...

Obesity is a serious, chronic condition, and in the US, more than 2 in 5 adults present with it. The disease is often linked to a host of other chronic and dangerous conditions, and according to CDC, ...

One quick online search or scroll through social media and you'll find an endless amount of weight loss advice. But it's hard to know what's backed by science and what's a waste of your time—or worse, ...

A session at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes will explore the latest data on the concept of metabolically healthy obesity (MHO) – more commonly known ...

WASHINGTON (TND) — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 40% of American adults and 20% of children are classified as obese, marking a nearly 10% increase over the last ...

CHICAGO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Abbott Laboratories Inc said on Friday it will comply with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's request to pull its diet drug Meridia from the U.S. market because of ...