While the drugs have grown in popularity among doctors and patients, they are generally too expensive for most people to ...

In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among adults in the United States has risen by approximately 30 percent, but the rate of those with the most severe forms of obesity, or those with a ...

The Trump administration this month scrapped a Biden-era proposal that would have required state Medicaid programs and ...

The new study on weight problems among Guardsmen and reservists comes as military officials look to update force standards.

At least 14 states already cover the cost of GLP-1 medications for obesity treatment for patients on Medicaid, the federal healthcare program for people with low incomes. Democrats and Republicans ...

New York lawmakers are pushing to strengthen laws banning false, predatory marketing and advertising for unhealthy foods to ...

Medical schools are encouraging students to downplay the harmful effects of obesity amid an epidemic of obesity-related disease.