The same global food system that is fueling rising obesity rates is also accelerating climate change, according to a sweeping ...

WHO Issues First Guidance on Using GLP-1 Drugs to Treat Obesity TUESDAY, Dec. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever guideline on using GLP-1 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) released its first-ever guideline on using GLP-1 medications to treat obesity. The disease now affects more than 1 billion people worldwide and is tied to 3.7 ...

A new study has found that soybean oil contributed to obesity in mice, prompting concern that the United States' most popular cooking oil could be playing a role in the country's obesity problem. The ...

WASHINGTON -- Part of America's obesity problem comes from people not recognizing how precious their own lives are, Mehmet Oz, MD, MBA, administrator of CMS, said on Monday. "Most people that I talk ...

As more Americans turn to weight loss drugs, the U.S. adult obesity rate is declining, according to new survey data from Gallup. The data published Tuesday showed the obesity rate among participants ...

Withings Health Solutions, a company offering health monitoring devices, has added Ilant Health to its Obesity Care Management Partner Ecosystem. It also released its best practices for obesity ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Dover, DE, Oct. 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a major step forward for obesity solutions, Fuzzle, a pioneering ...

LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The World Health Organization will recommend using weight-loss drugs to treat obesity in adults, according to draft guidance from the agency that urged countries to take ...

Obesity is uncommon among Hadza hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, Tsimane forager-farmers in Bolivia, Tuvan herder-farmers in Siberia and other people in less-developed nations. But it’s widespread among ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

Obesity is a major health problem facing our country. According to the CDC, more than 40 percent of the U.S. population is obese, defined as having a body-mass index above 30. As astounding at that ...