“These findings suggest that BMI and obesity prevalence in the U.S. decreased in 2023 for the first time in more than a ...

This report presents data on overweight and obesity in the United States. The U.S. has one of the highest obesity rates worldwide and has to face the problem of an increasing obese and overweight ...

The secret agent in the decrease might be semaglutide, a GLP-1 receptor agonist that fuels popular weight loss drugs like ...

Adult obesity rates in the United States dropped from 46% in 2022 to 45.6% in 2023, according to the new study published in ...

Obesity creates $173 billion excess healthcare costs and as much as $6 billion in lost workplace productivity in the United States every year. Obesity has the potential to affect every aspect of a ...

(HealthDay News) — The mean body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of obesity declined in the United States in 2023, according to research published in JAMA Health Forum.

The study followed nearly 17 million people, the majority of whom were in the 26-75 age range, and found that after climbing ...

Results of the study indicate that Black women in the U.S., ages 66-75, saw the largest decrease in obesity between 2022-2023 ...

That’s a positive indicator, one doctor says, but developing healthier eating habits ‘would be much better than people just losing weight.’ ...