Early February marks the publication of The Texas Metropolitan Blueprint, which lays out a five-year policy agenda to ensure long-term prosperity and competitiveness for the state's 26 metropolitan ...

Maps show the U.S. states with the healthiest diets, based on fruit and vegetables, alcohol, food insecurity, and diseases.

In recent decades, the health of the average American has steadily declined: obesity rates have tripled since the 60s, while ...

LONDON – Medical experts proposed a radical overhaul of how obesity is diagnosed, moving away from relying on body mass alone and adding broader measurements such as heart health. The ...

Days after winter storms Blair and Cora swept through parts of Texas with snow and ice, the Lone Star State is in for another series of winter weather. The weather arrives just over a week after ...

The Lancet medical journal’s Diabetes & Endocrinology Commission last week proposed a new definition and method for diagnosing obesity, beyond simply looking at a person’s Body Mass Index (BMI), the ...

A rare and deadly winter storm descended across the southern U.S. on Tuesday, leaving some record-setting snow totals and halting travel for millions of Americans in Louisiana, Texas and Florida.

Days after winter storms Blair and Cora swept through parts of Texas with snow and ice, the Lone Star State is in for another series of winter weather. The weather arrives just over a week after ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...