Rep. David Schweikert applauded RFK’s concern about obesity and chronic disease, without mentioning his history of ...

Is obesity a disease or a risk factor for disease? In medical circles – and outside of them – the question is contentious, with supporters on either side. In a newly published report ...

Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

In his testimony this week, Kennedy claimed that infectious diseases receive far more federal funding than chronic diseases.

The AP-NORC survey shows about half of U.S. adults believe it is a good thing for adults to use Ozempic, Wegovy and similar ...

Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado state legislature have the opportunity this year to pass a law to help our sickest and most ...

"Bariatric surgery was associated with a 72% lower risk of developing serious complications of liver disease and an 80% lower risk of progression to decompensated stage among patients with compensated ...

In its current form, SNAP operates as a de facto subsidy program that props up some of the unhealthiest parts of the food ...

Americans are split on using weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy to treat obesity or weight-related conditions, ...

For years there has been a push to recognise obesity as a disease in its own right, and therefore something that needs to be treated in and of itself, rather than just as a risk factor for other ...

“The idea of obesity as a disease is at the centre of one of the most controversial and polarizing debates in modern medicine,” said a paper by the 56-expert commission in the Lancet Diabetes ...