Major heart health risk factors like obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure remain on the rise in the United States, ...

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Treatment with the highest dose of investigational injectable amycretin -- a unimolecular GLP-1 and amylin receptor agonist -- yielded a 22% weight loss after 36 weeks in a phase Ib/IIa trial, said ...

Obesity has been an ongoing struggle for many consumers, and for years, body mass index (BMI) has been the key metric health ...

Their goal was to define obesity not merely as a risk factor but as a “standalone” disease. Over nearly two years, the panel employed a consensus-building process to craft statements reflecting the ...

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They found a specific ... New Insights Into the Biology and Risk Factors of Childhood Obesity Jan. 15, 2025 — A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological ...

A cutting-edge molecular approach provides a detailed picture of the biological pathways associated with childhood obesity and metabolic dysfunction, and identifies environmental risk factors during ...

A new report published Monday found that heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States.

Teen obesity increases stroke risk in women, highlighting the need for early intervention and weight management.

According to the American Heart Association’s 2025 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Update, heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S.