More than half of adults and a third of children and teens worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050, a comprehensive ...

Obesity rates tripled from 2% to nearly 7% among young people, researchers found. Globally, the predicted surge in obesity ...

Rates of obesity and overweight are spiralling due to a "monumental societal failure" to tackle the problem, with more than ...

India may have over 440 million obese individuals, ranking second globally after China. A study predicts nearly 60% of adults ...

WESH 2's Jason Guy and Orlando Health Weight Loss & Bariatric Surgery Institute surgeon, Dr. Muhammad Ghanem discuss potential influences on the downward trend ...

The unprecedented global epidemic of overweight and obesity is a profound tragedy and a monumental societal failure,” said ...

The findings highlight "monumental societal failures" in the fight against obesity, said population health researcher Jessica Kerr.

Republicans trying to find billions of Medicaid dollars to pay for tax cuts now say that any reduction in Medicaid spending ...

The study suggests governments to step in in order to “transform diets with sustainable food systems” before things get out ...

They can do great harm, or help to heal, and the language around obesity is no exception. I have been overweight since I was ...

Obesity prevalence increased among both adults and children across all regions of the world from 1990 to 2021, and more than half of adults are expected to have obesity by 2050, according to two ...

China, India and the US will have the world’s largest populations of adults living with overweight and obesity by 2050, according to new research that highlights the global public health crisis and ...