Sep. 23, 2024 — With Medicare now covering semaglutide for people with obesity and cardiovascular disease who don't have diabetes, a study looks at who that might ... A Simple Blood Test Warns ...

Outdoor play habits in early preschool years are associated with a lower risk for school-age obesity, according to a study ...

CHOCOLATE, biscuits and cakes could be slapped with cigarette-style warnings in Labour’s latest nanny state crackdown, The ...

Dual-action obesity drug rewires brain circuits for appetite Because metabolic diseases are characterized by inflammation in the hypothalamus 5, Beddows and colleagues investigated whether ...

Should kids do the same? Now a trial has produced some of the first data on anti-obesity drugs in even younger children: those aged 6–11 years. The study 3 reports that children who were treated ...

She is co-writing a book about nutrition and health. “Obesity is a disease,” Oprah Winfrey declared after disclosing her weight loss with an Ozempic-like drug. “It’s a brain disease,” a ...

Obesity campaigners have been desperately trying ... Coco Pops were advertised in the UK by Mr Jinks, the cat from the cartoon series Pixie Dixie and Mr Jinks. He gave way to Sweep, the Andrew ...

Child's Risk for Obesity Depends on Where Parents Can Shop for Food By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Sept. 18, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The corner bodega or neighborhood Kwik-E ...

Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.

Statistics from 2023 on U.S. obesity rates reveal that in every U.S. state, one in every five people now has obesity, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...

To address soaring rates of childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics last year endorsed tactics it once considered risky. “Watchful waiting” had been standard practice ...

The CDC defines obesity as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30, and a shocking 20% of Americans meet that criteria, with the Midwest and the South reporting the highest levels of weight.