Obesity

The sign warns people that eating fast food can cause obesity, which can put patients with COVID-19 at risk for intubation.

Mexico recently started implementing a law banning cartoon characters from food packaging in an attempt to curb childhood obesity.

The study looked at hundreds of people with obesity and COVID, some of whom had had weight loss surgery and some who hadn't.

The first FDA-approved weight loss drug since 2014 will not be available to consumers due to manufacturing and delivery issues.

The woman said her brother "can't hold a job and lives with our parents who still cater to him and pay for everything."

Consumption of ultra-processed foods has been on the increase over the past 20 years, the study suggests.

Navarro made the comment while hitting back at the former president's son, Donald Trump Jr., over a dig he made about Navarro's weight.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said that among adults age 18 and older, 14 percent have been diagnosed with diabetes and 33 percent are prediabetic.

"Not only do we have a poor vaccination rate, we have people who before COVID had worse underlying health conditions, and so those two things are truly a recipe for disaster," Ochsner Health's Dr. Sandra Kemmerly told Newsweek

"I am for people getting the vaccine," Greene said. "But I think it has to be a choice and not a mandate."

Researchers looked at 315 trials of products such as green tea, vitamin D and garcinia, as well as alternative therapies including acupuncture and hypnosis, and found little evidence that they help people shed pounds.

While erasing the stigma surrounding obesity and addressing systemic racial inequity in our health care system will require comprehensive action, an important first step is to ensure our laws and regulations, including Medicare, follow the science.

Amie Davenport's husband prepared to tell their daughters that their mother may die after the procedure.

In a Twitter thread, the Georgia congresswoman stated that lockdown orders and gym closures to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus are leading to "more weight gain."

More than a year into the pandemic, the health care and science communities have identified a number of risk factors that increase the likelihood of complications from COVID-19. A recent report from the World Obesity Federation (WOF) unveiled new links between obesity and COVID-19 outcomes.

Obesity is tied to many other serious ailments, but it took COVID to scare many into taking drastic action.

In an interview with The New York Times, John Mackey said healthy eating is not an "access problem," but a "market demand problem."

Depriving the body of sleep does not only cause grogginess. It causes more serious health issues than that.

Stopping people in the normal range from gaining weight could prevent 12 percent of premature deaths, according to the research.

"Buy one get one free" deals on unhealthy foods will be banned as the government tries to combat obesity.

Sweets and chocolates might also be banned from promotions at supermarket entrances and the ends of aisles.

The study involved almost 500 people in hard-hit Italy.

The White House doubled down on Trump's claim "99 percent" of coronavirus cases are "totally harmless," with Chief of Staff Mark Meadows saying "facts and statistics" back up the president's claims.

If a deadly virus that disproportionately impacts those with obesity doesn't build the political will to finally tackle this country's weight crisis, then what will?

Researchers looked at which factors were most associated with hospitalization and critical illness in over 4,000 New York patients.

The study involved 16 men who stayed at a lab for three days.

Experts say body mass index alone isn't an accurate reflection of how a person's weight might impact their health.

Patients currently taking the drug should talk to their health care professionals, the agency said.

Researchers looked at data on almost 21,000 children.

Researchers did not observe the same correlation among daughters.