EXCLUSIVE — Obesity will cost the United States trillions of dollars in excess medical expenditures over the next decade, according to a new report from Republicans on the Joint Economic Committee.

() - Obesity is a chronic disease affecting over 100 million Americans. Despite its prevalence and serious health ...

Obesity has often been thought of as a problem of the developed world, with wealthy countries eating themselves into a state of ill-health with an abundance of ultraprocessed foods, and poorer ones ...

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how excess body fat affects the body, and factors in waist circumference, rather than simply calculating ...

Earlier this fall, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported data showing that adult obesity rates—long trending upwards—had fallen modestly over the past few years, from 41.9 to 40.3 ...

TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever guideline on using GLP-1 ...

Having class 3 (severe) obesity may shorten your life span by up to 14 years. If you have severe obesity, reducing your weight can improve your life expectancy. Obesity is a common health condition in ...