This would not be the first time that public-health experts have prematurely celebrated the peak of America’s obesity crisis.

The CDC reports that over 36% of Ohioans are classified as obese, highlighting the state’s significant public health ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- New guidance from the CDC shows people who are obese are more likely to be at risk when it comes to COVID-19. "We don't want to impugn people but we have to understand and ...

While this coincides with an uptick in GLP-1 drug use, some experts told Newsweek they don't think they are having a major ...

ATLANTA, GA. – The prevalence of adult obesity is increasing in the United States, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC said Thursday that its 2019 ...

At least 35 percent of residents had obesity in 16 states in 2020, up from nine states in 2018, according to the CDC’s 2020 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps. Those 16 states are: Alabama, Arkansas, ...

Allison DeAngelis is the East Coast biotech and venture capital reporter at STAT, reporting where scientific ideas and money meet. She is also co-host of the weekly biotech podcast, The Readout Loud.

The White House recently announced a landmark deal with pharmaceutical companies Eli Lilly and Nordisk that will impact ...

Overweight or obese individuals carry an increased risk of 13 types of cancer that collectively account for about 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States, according to the CDC’s most ...

In July 1946, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — then known as the Communicable Disease Center — was launched to combat the spread of malaria, according to JAMA. Seventy years later, the ...