Gakidou’s team reports that the number of overweight and obese adults 25 and older rose from 731 million to 2.11 billion from 1990 to 2021. It’s expected to grow to 3.8 billion by 2050.

A cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis examined the distribution of people by obesity level using the European ...

About 74 percent of adults in the United States are overweight, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.That includes nearly 43 percent who are obese, meaning they have a body ...

Experts say there are benefits for older adults being slightly overweight, such as using fat for energy if they are sick and don’t have an appetite. adamkaz “Periods of ill health increase as ...

New research from Oregon Health & Science University reveals negative health consequences for people who are overweight and ...

For this study, Fanning and his colleagues recruited 183 obese, or severely overweight, adults ages 65 to 85 years from Forsyth County, N.C., and surrounding areas in six waves through local ...

Overweight adults should be screened for Type 2 diabetes and abnormally high blood sugar levels starting at age 35, five years earlier than currently advised, an expert task force recommended on ...

As China grows richer, the waistlines of adults in the country are also expanding. More than half of Chinese adults are now considered overweight, a study conducted by the country’s National ...

Overweight adults should be screened for Type 2 diabetes and abnormally high blood sugar levels starting at age 35, five years earlier than currently advised, an expert task force recommended on ...