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.

Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. can help to rebuild the systems that promote unhealthy lifestyles in America. He deserves our support.

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

All things considered, it’s at least as likely to make health outcomes worse as it is to make most people healthier.

New data released by the American Heart Association has all eyes on heart disease, which remains the most lethal disease in ...

Despite the staggering impact of obesity on the Black community, columnist Justice B. Hill argues that the issue has been ...

Hims & Hers, a tele-health start-up, aims to stand apart from dozens of Super Bowl commercials hawking snacks with a spot ...

Experts offer a variety of policy solutions to the childhood obesity crisis. Many are drawn from the anti-tobacco playbook — ...

Founder and CEO of Daily Nouri Caroline Carralero explains why she and so many others across party lines are in support of RFK, Jr. senate confirmation and his vision for the future of American health ...

A study found that the triglyceride-glucose (TyG) index, combined with obesity measures, significantly correlates with ...