#obesity

Maintaining a healthy weight could have prevented asthma in almost 1 million children, say new findings.

Being obese was linked to a fourfold increase in pancreatic cancer risk.

Smoking, physical inactivity and food insecurity are among eight county-level factors that account for income-related disparities.

Parental advisory: Remove devices with screens from adolescents’ bedrooms to improve the quantity and quality of their sleep.

For Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman, snooze time has always been a required component of her training.

Findings that reveal five distinct forms of diabetes may one day change treatment for patients.

For many women, making even small lifestyle changes, can stave off death from heart disease.

Research presented at 2017 American College of Rheumatology / Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals (ACR/ARHP) Annual Meeting.

Preventable cancer risks like obesity, alcohol consumption and sun exposure are still largely overlooked.

With the exception of colon cancer, most cancers associated with overweight or obesity rose over the past decade.

Women with large amounts of visceral and subcutaneous fat are at a significantly greater risk for specific types of breast cancer.

More African Americans than folks in other groups die from heart disease, but there are ways to stop this killer in our communities.

Experts claim that sadness about being alone and a sense of separation from others may factor into premature deaths.

The complex relationship between eating disorders and sexual abuse.

Those with desensitized taste buds are more likely to choose sweeter foods and eventually get fat.

Researchers discover hitting the hay on an inconsistent schedule can have negative consequences.