#obesity

Findings could help in the development of a new way to identify at-risk Latino children and teens.

Discrimination may help trigger unhealthy brain-gut crosstalk that contributes to inflammation, obesity, and other health problems.

Nearly half of all states have an adult obesity prevalence of 35% or higher, new CDC data show.

NAFLD is associated with risk factors such as obesity and inflammatory biomarkers and with events including heart attacks and strokes.

Drug company is funding efforts to overturn ban on Medicare funding for weight loss medications.

Ozempic and related medications are changing how ordinary people as well as medical experts think about obesity.

American Cancer Society research also shows ways to make healthy food accessible and help improve diet quality and population health.

A more nuanced approach is recommended to avoid inequitable screening notification of breast density among racial and ethnic groups.

Lean people had a higher mortality rate despite experiencing fewer metabolic problems.

New awards will advance key priorities of the Cancer Moonshot to reduce inequities in the structural drivers of cancer.

Among people 65 and older, cardiovascular deaths plunged 22% between 1999 and 2010 -- but then climbed 13% between 2011 and 2019.

GLP-1 analog medications improved the functionality of cancer-fighting natural killer cells.

Competition to claim a market has triggered a wave of advertising that has provoked the concern of regulators and doctors worldwide.

A Q&A with University of California, San Francisco’s Karla Kerlikowske, MD, about cancer, obesity, breast density, inflammation and more

Consuming a Westernized diet for longer could contribute to the development of chronic diseases.

People who ate more fast food, as well as those with diabetes or obesity, had a higher risk for NAFLD.