A new study highlights a 50% increase in young people living with obesity or excess weight in a little more than a decade in ...

Some of the more than a dozen states that cover GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Ozempic and Zepbound through Medicaid are scrambling ...

The U.S. obesity rate is about 40%, according to a 2021-2023 survey of about 6,000 people. Nearly 1 in 10 of those surveyed ...

The statistics are staggering – according to the CDC, 19.7% of young people aged 2-19 suffer from obesity – but the solution, ...

BMI can be evaluated as part of a self-test for obesity screening by accessing the CDC's online tool for measuring BMI for adults, or the online tool for measuring BMI for children and teens. BMI is a ...

The aim of this review is to highlight and discuss areas of obesity prevention and management in the US where public health and healthcare initiatives can be better aligned to have a more meaningful ...

Over 30 state attorneys general including in Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio have urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to take action against “bad actors” selling counterfeit weight loss drugs.

After falling to $2.96 per gallon last week, the state average is above $3 per gallon again. Gas prices increased $0.19 last Thursday before settling to $3.11 on Sunday, March 30, according to AAA ...

Per the CDC’s 2022 data, it is the leading cause of death in the United States with 702,880 in that year ahead of ... according to the Surgeon General. Obesity is a contributor to heart disease, and ...

It is unclear how much funding the state had been awarded and how much is now being pulled, but a 2023 news release shows that the CDC awarded the state a $37-million grant to help strengthen the ...

Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor ...