The best metric is not weight, but a particularly toxic kind of fat.

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The trends worry health experts, who say the medicines have potential to narrow differences in obesity rates among ...

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It's widely recognized that health is determined by more than genetics. Socioeconomic factors, physical activity, nutrition, ...

Life expectancy varies widely across states. Policies, economic conditions, and public health efforts significantly impact lifespan.

Almost every city on the U.S coastline saw an increase in sea level rises in 2024, according to the Virginia Institute of ...

In neighborhoods across America, women face a daunting threat from a federal practice that, although it was outlawed decades ago, continues to negatively impact their health today.

The Asian Development Bank joins the World Bank and African Development Bank in investing in food systems as a foundation of ...

It is the memory-robbing disease that people fear the most as they age - and it is even more tragic when it strikes early.

As Bishop Arts Theatre Center‘s prolific playwright in residence, his latest triumph is a hyperlocal adaptation of Ibsen’s ...

The FDA’s decision to ban dyes and other synthetic substances often rests on the Delaney clause, a 49‑word law from 1958 that ...