In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among adults in the United States has risen by approximately 30%, but the ...

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New research challenges everything we thought we knew about weight and longevity. Scientific evidence now shows that fitness ...

New guidelines will favor whole foods like avocados and salmon while cracking down on added sugars, marking the biggest change to food labeling in three decades.

A new analysis links higher triglyceride-glucose (TyG) and TyG–body mass index (TyG-BMI) levels to increased colorectal ...

Your Body Mass Index (BMI) is often an indicator to diagnose obesity. Combating obesity is paramount to overall health. According to The National Health Institute, 1 in 3 adults are considered ...

FRIDAY, April 18, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- Complications during pregnancy can mean a woman’s future heart health is at risk, ...

Improving nutrition through SNAP is a worthy goal. But limiting what participants can buy doesn’t align with the science.

Improving body composition, rather than merely chasing a "normal" BMI, means you’re burning fat and building muscle. This transformation comes with a range of “non-scale victories” that can ...

But Health Secretary Kennedy didn't appear to publicly address a Native health program using traditional medicine and foods to tackle disproportionate rates of conditions like diabetes and liver ...

Caution, “normal” BMI: health risks associated with potentially masked individual ... Roger VL, Singh P, Lopez-Jimenez F. Normal-weight central obesity: Implications for total and cardiovascular ...