The obesity epidemic in the U.S. will eventually bankrupt the nation if left unchecked, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center, which held a webcast Tuesday to outline its recommendations for ...

Obesity rates may exceed 50% globally in the coming decades, with India seeing rising childhood obesity. Experts say new ...

The global obesity crisis tells a story of two worlds. In some corners of the planet, obesity is virtually unknown, where ...

SAN ANTONIO — Obesity has become a global health crisis, especially here in the U.S. In today's Healthy SA we look into several clinical about obesity that could offer weight-loss medication for free, ...

More than one billion people worldwide are living with obesity today. In 2025 alone, an estimated 543 million children and adolescents were overweight or obese. By 2035, projections suggest that ...

The obesity epidemic may be gaining momentum earlier in adulthood than in previous decades. A new analysis from the telehealth company Invigor finds nationally that those aged 45 to 54 saw the largest ...

In 2026, Louisiana Health will launch "Beyond the Scale: Addressing Louisiana's obesity epidemic." This series will shine a spotlight on one of Louisiana’s biggest wellness issues and the efforts ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. For the first time ever, the World Health Organization has ...

GLP-1 weight loss medication has generated conflicting headlines. While some hail it as a breakthrough in tackling the global ...

The Associated Press is reporting today on a 20-year forecast that shows no end to the obesity epidemic in the foreseeable future. Already about a third of the population is obese, and Americans are ...

The ever-eccentric (to put it kindly) US secretary of health Robert F Kennedy Jr. earlier this month unveiled his ‘upside-down’ food pyramid, which reverses much of the conventional dietary wisdom of ...