As Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he is looking at addressing the issues driving the U.S. “obesity epidemic” in his attempt to make America “healthy again,” new data reveals that the ...

(NEXSTAR) — The number of states with high adult obesity rates has dropped for the first time in more than a decade, a new report released Thursday found. However, West Virginia remains at the top.

More than 20 years of data show a 37% increase in obesity, 23% in abdominal obesity, and over two-fold increase in severe obesity among both adults and youth, according to authors of a new study ...

(NEXSTAR) — The number of states with high adult obesity rates has dropped for the first time in more than a decade, a new report released Thursday found. The nonprofit Trust for America’s Health ...

(NEXSTAR) — The number of states with high adult obesity rates has dropped for the first time in more than a decade, a new report released Thursday found. The nonprofit Trust for America’s Health ...

In every single state, researchers expect at least 35% of adults to have a body mass index of 30 or higher, the threshold that defines obesity. That prediction may come as a shock, as weight loss ...

Global obesity numbers tend to dominate headlines, and for good reason. Worldwide adult obesity has more than doubled since 1990, and the trend keeps climbing in nearly every region on the planet. But ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have been tracking obesity rates, as measured by BMI, since the 1980s, according to Cate Varney, a family medicine physician and the director of obesity ...