The map shows states that Kennedy may target first as part of his initiative, due to the high levels of obesity prevalence in ...

The prevalence of obesity and overweight is extraordinarily high. Unsurprisingly, deaths related to obesity are on the rise, ...

For all men, the rate jumped from 2.1 deaths per 100,000 people in 1999 to 7.2 in 2020 – a 243% increase. For men ages 55 to ...

RFK Jr.'s nomination as head of Department of Health and Human Services spotlights unorthodox health views, but scientists ...

Some are more clear than others. President-elect Donald Trump ’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as head of the ...

New CDC population data from 2023 show that in 23 states more than one in three adults (35 percent) has obesity. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35 percent. Currently ...

Data from the CDC shows obesity increased in kids and teenagers from ages 2 to 19 years old from 1999 to 2023. "If we have an unhealthy generation of young people, we will have an unhealthy generation ...

After a research note raised potential safety concerns with Amgen's lead obesity candidate, the company defended its drug and ...

An analysis of data from the CDC’s WONDER database found that the number of people in the U.S. who died from ischemic heart disease related to obesity increased by approximately 180% from 1999 to 2020 ...

Women who are pregnant and also have the ovarian cyst disorder polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at higher odds of giving ...

Nearly 16% of American adults -- that's close to 1 in 6 -- now has diabetes, according to the latest data from the U.S.