A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick and creating enormous health care costs.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s confirmation hearings began Wednesday before the Senate Finance Committee. He appears before the ...

Researchers at the, Riverside, backed by a substantial NIH grant, are pioneering a study on the unique immune responses to ...

A front-of-package food label would be a great educational tool. The Trump administration should keep it.

The number does not capture a person's muscle mass; where on their body fat is stored; or how their race, ethnicity and ...

Weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy have been tied in a large, national study to a drop in the risk of developing ...

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...