The U.S. always seems to be in competition with China—economically, technologically, militarily. But how do the two countries ...

Over the past several decades, the health of the average American has steadily declined, marked by rising rates of obesity, ...

In recent decades, the health of the average American has steadily declined: obesity rates have tripled since the 60s, while ...

America has the lowest life expectancy at birth, the highest rate of people with multiple chronic diseases, and one of the highest obesity rates among other wealthy countries. “America is the ...

LONDON – Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed ... The body mass index (BMI), a weight-to-height ratio, has long been criticised as too simplistic, in part ...

According to the most recent data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Global Obesity Observatory, the country with the highest population obesity rate is Nauru, a small island nation ...

That’s the seventh-highest proportion in the country. Although Rhode Island ... one of the largest increases. The state has the third-lowest obesity rate in the nation, with about 27 percent ...

"Whether or not the treatment of obesity in childhood has long-term health benefits have been debated, since weight-loss is hard to maintain." The study shows that children with obesity who ...

Exposure of pregnant women to air pollution has been linked to negative effects on children's health, such as respiratory conditions and a higher risk for chronic ones, including obesity and heart ...

For people with an extremely high BMI (for instance above 40 kg/m²), it can be assumed they have excess body fat without additional testing, the commission has recommended ... childhood obesity rates ...

Seeking recalibration on how obesity is measured worldwide a global commission on this issue, in its recent report published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, has said that Body Mass Index ...