The data showed that kids who don’t see their BMI decline between ages 1 and 6 have a greater risk of obesity. This risk was ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. threatened to bar NIH scientists from publishing in leading medical journals, saying the ...

Health insurance plans are changing how they cover GLP-1 drugs for weight loss to rein in costs, forcing doctors and patients ...

The researchers assessed prenatal exposures to smoking, alcohol, and stress (depression or anxiety) as well as maternal ...

Not all children grow the same way. A new study from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program ...

Overweight and obesity rates in adults ... with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle. Related Ultra-processed foods provide nearly half ...

Patients taking Eli Lilly’s drug to combat obesity, Zepbound, lost more weight than those who took Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy in a ...

As of late 2024, only 14 state Medicaid programs cover GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy, Saxenda, or Zepbound for the treatment of obesity. These states are: California, Connecticut, Indiana, Maryland, ...

The highly anticipated White House report on childhood diseases, titled "Make Our Children Healthy Again: Assessment," was ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to make it harder for poor Americans to buy unhealthy food. Together with Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins, ...