Massachusetts, which has lower rates than other states, has still seen increases especially among young adults.

Nearly three-fourths of U.S. adults are overweight or have obesity, with rates projected to increase further by 2050 without significant interventions, according to a large study published Nov. 14 in ...

In a little over two decades, almost 260 million people in the United States are predicted to have overweight or obesity, ...

To determine the prevalence of chronic pain among community residents and its link to obesity ... Additionally, given that the study data were more than 20 years old and obesity rates have increased ...

Recent investigations suggest that reduced physical activity may be important in the pathogenesis of obesity ... shorter distances than nonobese women. Among men, on the other hand, there is ...

Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.

For all men, the rate jumped from 2.1 deaths per 100,000 people in 1999 to 7.2 in 2020 – a 243% increase. For men ages 55 to ...

An analysis of data from the CDC’s WONDER database found that the number of people in the U.S. who died from ischemic heart disease related to obesity increased by approximately 180% from 1999 to 2020 ...

4 deaths per 100,000 versus 2.9. Mohsin said the researchers expected an increase in obesity-related ischemic heart disease deaths, but they did not anticipate the magnitude – especially among ...