Dr. Fisher highlights the grim reality: “When you look at so many of the chronic diseases, be it prostate cancer, heart disease, kidney disease, obesity, Black people are disproportionately ...

And poor sleep can raise your risk for clinical obesity. Researchers found that nearly half of Black people over age 20 in the U.S. have clinical obesity, as do about 45% of Latinos, 42% of White ...

New York’s reputation as a trailblazer for health equity is in danger. We must ensure equity in obesity treatment.

In this category of people with BMI 25.5-29.9 ... and 41.6% were of middle income. Those with obesity were more likely to be female, Black, have lower education and income levels, and have ...

Peter Dazeley Getty Images Obesity or being overweight is a common ... is twice as high for women as for men, and higher for Black people than for White people. If a person has body mass index ...

ST. PAUL, Minn., March 26 (UPI) --While it seems like a contradiction, many obese people do not enjoy eating rich, calorie-laden foods. A study published Wednesday indicates that low levels of a ...

“The entire world has been steeped in the same stories, these fairy tales, that people that are in bigger bodies are often lazy and, as somebody who lives with obesity, I know that isn’t ...