Racial disparities in childhood obesity have risen due to social determinants, food insecurity, and systemic barriers, ...

Prices are falling for the popular obesity treatments Wegovy and Zepbound, but steady access to the drugs remains challenging ...

The drug coverage provision does not mention any specific drug by name, but it could include the GLP-1 agonists, such as ...

A new study says the health of American children has gotten worse across the board in the last 17 years. Published in the ...

Overweight and obesity are growing public health challenges in the Philippines. In just over two decades, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Filipino adults has doubled, rising from 20% in ...

A paper in the British Journal of Surgery indicates that early-onset gastrointestinal cancer rates are rising dramatically ...

A new study shows that the health of U.S. children has deteriorated over the past 17 years, with kids today more likely to ...

“We want to focus on food. People forget that the ‘F’ in FDA stands for food,” Makary said. Makary noted that the processed foods are often targeted toward children and said the agency has focused on ...

Shares of Rhythm Pharmaceuticals RYTM were up 36.6% yesterday after it reported positive top-line data from a phase II study ...

Researchers say about three-quarters of gastric cancer cases worldwide are caused by the common bacteria Helicobacter pylori ...

The study analyzed data from 44,030 adults in the US who participated in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey ...