America has an unfortunate weight problem. Not just stereotypically, but statistically, 42% of adults in the United States ...

Some U.S. cities make it their mission to prioritize healthy habits and healthy spaces, while others put in less effort.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Overweight and obesity rates in adults, children and teens more than doubled over the past three decades, afflicting 2.1 billion ...

A recent study ranked the 100 most populated U.S. metro areas.

People may be misdiagnosed as overweight or obese under the body mass index (BMI) system, a study suggests.

Looking at whether marital status, health literacy, depression and social factors contributed to being overweight or obese, a team led by Alicja Cicha-Mikołajczyk from the National Institute of ...

A new study ranks Memphis as the third most obese city in the US, highlighting its high rates of diabetes and high blood ...

A third of children are predicted to be obese or overweight globally by 2050, according to new research. On March 3, The Lancet published research led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI) ...

Childhood obesity may be quietly undermining one of the central promises of American life. A study by a Rutgers researcher ...

Overweight patients with risk factors for heart disease should be sent by their doctors for "intensive behavioral counseling" about diet or exercise, according to new recommendations from the United ...