More than 40% of adults in the United States live with obesity, and the percentage of people living with obesity continues to increase dramatically. While experts have learned a great deal about the ...

By 2030, the population in the United States aged 65 and older is expected to reach 71 million or about 20% of Americans.

Illustration of human lymphocytes. (Ruslanas Baranauskas/Science Photo Library) Defeating obesity is rarely easy. For many ...

Obesity is not just “skin deep”; it is a chronic, complex disease. It is not a lack of willpower, a personal failure, or a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Barbara Hiebel carries 137 pounds on her 5-foot-11 frame. Most of her life she weighed 200 pounds more. For decades she tried ...

Researchers found that when mice were fed a high-fat diet, mitochondria within their fat cells broke apart and were less able to burn fat, leading to weight gain. They also found they could reverse ...

April 30, 2026 OBSCORE – a tool to identify individuals at highest risk of obesity-related complications . Obesity is a major global health challenge, with 60-70 per cent of adu ...

Wegovy and Ozempic, both GLP-1 agonists, have taken the world by storm, providing a simple way to lose weight without changing our lifestyle. A new report in Science helps us understand what we do not ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new guidelines for treating children and teens with obesity. The 73-page guidelines outline a proactive approach, where children and their families ...

Ania Jastreboff first met Oprah Winfrey in May 2024 while working together on a live virtual event called “Making the Shift,” in which Jastreboff explained the science behind obesity and answered ...

Editor’s note: Part 1 of a six-part USA TODAY series examining America’s obesity epidemic. Barbara Hiebel carries 137 pounds on her 5-foot-11 frame. Most of her life she weighed 200 pounds more. For ...