Obesity is now linked to at least 13 types of cancer, making it one of the most preventable cancer risk factors in the United States.

The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity markedly increased among adults and children in the US from the 1970s and 1980s until now.

Adult obesity in the United States has gone up over the past 30 years and more increases are expected in the next decade, according to a new study. In the study, published Tuesday, Jan. 28, in JAMA, ...

For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35% or more has dropped, an encouraging sign that America's epidemic of excess weight might be improving. But ...

The global obesity crisis tells a story of two worlds. In some corners of the planet, obesity is virtually unknown, where ...

In 2013, the IOM formed the Roundtable on Obesity Solutions to engage leadership from multiple sectors in addressing the obesity crisis. The roundtable’s membership includes representatives of public ...

U.S. adult obesity rates have declined for the first time in years, while South Carolina's rate remains among the nation’s ...

(Corrects first bullet in the March 2 news item to say FDA decision is expected in early second quarter, not April) March 2 ...