Well, the federal government released data Sept. 24 showing that the obesity epidemic, one of the most dire public health crises, might have stopped worsening. And there is reason to imagine the ...

Schweikert told the Washington Examiner that the U.S. has tools at its disposal to address the obesity crisis and that failing to address the matter is “immoral.” “In the next decade ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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