Researchers have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on epigenetics.

This love-hate tension is all part of fast food’s complex place in our lives. A report published Thursday in the journal The ...

More people living in rural areas of the United States are dying from heart attacks, strokes and other cardiovascular ...

Should he make it through the nomination process, Kennedy plans to follow Trump’s mandate to remove “corruption” from HHS-led ...

A new study projects that more than nearly 260 million Americans will be overweight or obese by 2050. The study was published ...

The researchers report on their work in the latest issue of the journal Nature ... are directing this message primarily at children and young people and their parents. With their work, the ETH ...

Obesity in the United States has continued to rise for decades even in the face of increased awareness and access to healthy ...

Over the past three decades, there has been a startling increase in the prevalence of obesity across the USA, at least doubling in adult men and women (aged 25 and older) and older female and male ...

In a little over two decades, almost 260 million people in the United States are predicted to have overweight or obesity, ...

RFK Jr.'s nomination as head of Department of Health and Human Services spotlights unorthodox health views, but scientists ...

Obesity prevalence is high among traditional racial and ethnic minority groups. To compare the effectiveness of adding a digital childhood obesity prevention intervention to health behavior counseling ...

playtime and exercise prevents very young children from developing obesity and potentially lifelong obesity-related problems.