Obesity is admittedly complex and no one size fits all approach will work for Black America but the visual of the overweight older Black adult is far too common, and it rests on all members of ...

Many people don’t know that when Medicare Part D was first passed in 2003, the nation wrongly viewed obesity as a chosen lifestyle. In the intervening years, the medical community caught up with ...

The new study found that Midwestern states had the highest rates of obesity-linked cancer deaths, while the Northeast fared ...

Obesity has a disproportionate impact on people of color: 49.6 percent of Black Americans and 44.8 percent of Latinx Americans are living with obesity. ... People living with obesity, ...

In the first survey period, about 66% of black women who were overweight or obese said they had tried to lose weight in the last 12 months. By the last period, 55% of overweight or obese black ...

But Black and Brown people are bearing the brunt: Nearly half of Black Americans and 44.8% of Hispanic Americans are living with obesity. New York is no exception — Black New Yorkers have the ...

Cancer deaths tied to obesity have skyrocketed, especially in vulnerable groups like women and rural communities.

OPINION: The inclusion of Zepbound in the fight against obesity could revolutionize health care in many Black communities. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views ...

We don’t want to talk about it, but COVID has put the overweight and obese, particularly Black people, at much higher risk.

Scientists have developed a new tool which can predict a child’s risk of becoming obese in adulthood. The test could help to identify children and adolescents who could benefit from targeted ...

Obesity has reached crisis levels, and the reasons for its alarming rise are as complex as the disease itself. The […] The post Obesity among Black Americans is complex but far too common ...