The general rate of obesity among adults in the United States has stagnated, but the rate of severe obesity has increased, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A new CDC report says severe obesity is becoming more common in the U.S. Nearly 1 in 10 adults have severe obesity, and women ...

On Tuesday, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released its latest report analyzing data on the state of obesity ...

National Recovery Month is observed every September to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery ...

Over 40 percent of U.S. adults are now obese, with rates roughly the same for men and women, new government data shows.

Some pro-life doctors say that, in some cases, a chemical abortion can be reversed, if a woman who has taken mifepristone ...

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The overall rate of obesity in the United States ticked downward between August 2021 and August 2023, breaking a streak of continued increase for over a decade.

The exorbitant cost of the failing health of our kids, the needless suffering and death, can be ended by a Kennedy Commission ...

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity was lower among those with a bachelor's degree vs those with some college or a ...

Many home-based care workers fear reprisal for reporting workplace violence, even as employers test strategies to improve ...

Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services, said to STAT, noting that ...