Due to their popularity and effectiveness, anti-obesity medications (AOMs) have recently seen increased visibility in the media and public discourse. The presence and popularity of these medications ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has proposed a rule expanding Medicare and Medicaid patients’ access to anti-obesity drugs such as GLP-1s. Congress is also considering such a move.

While childhood obesity has become more common in recent years, this is a condition that is about more than just weight.

Obesity remains a global health crisis, often linked to serious diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and fatty liver disease. While many people know the importance of what foods to eat, recent ...

Personalized weight loss programs in obese children are shown to reduce specific harmful lipids linked to heart disease and metabolic issues, offering a promising strategy for early intervention and ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - A bill currently making its way through Congress could help in the fight against obesity. It’s called the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act. It’s getting a lot of support from those ...

Daily consumption of pecans have been shown to prevent obesity and a host of related health issues like fatty liver disease and diabetes, according to a collaborative study by Texas A&M AgriLife ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Medications known as glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists, or GLP-1s, ...

The popular class of antidiabetic and weight loss drugs known as GLP-1RAs, which includes Ozempic and Wegovy, has been found to significantly reduce the risk of 10 out of 13 obesity-associated cancers ...

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Score one for coffee lovers. Your favorite morning beverage might have some additional health benefits. A new study published in BMC Medicine found that caffeine could help lower the risk of obesity ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Population-level childhood obesity/overweight prevalence did not drop in Gateshead, England, after a policy that ...