NiceRx analyzed obesity, sleep and anxiety in each state. Louisiana ranked second for highest number of adults affected by ...

To address soaring rates of childhood obesity, the American Academy of Pediatrics last year endorsed tactics it once considered risky. “Watchful waiting” had been standard practice, in part from ...

Obesity is the medical condition most frequently observed in people with eating disorders. It often coexists with binge-eating disorder and with some cases of bulimia nervosa. Obesity can precede the ...

A new study has prompted some doctors to reconsider how obesity is classified. Currently, it is treated as a behavioral disease, but doctors are now suggesting that it be considered a ...

Eating disorder treatment specialists are sounding the alarm over new guidance from the American Academy of Pediatrics advising doctors to treat obesity earlier and more aggressively, which they say ...

What if your brain couldn’t register the meals you ate or, despite restricting food intake, you continued to gain weight? For people with hypothalamic obesity (HO), there are no approved treatment ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Maternal eating disorders, prepregnancy underweight and overweight/obesity were associated with offspring ...

Obesity has increased rapidly in recent decades to affect more than 2 billion people, making it one of the largest contributors to poor health worldwide. Despite decades of research on diet and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Obesity was associated with an increased risk for reproductive disorders among women, according to findings ...

Obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing female reproductive disorders, however, the roles and mechanisms of obesity in the cause(s) of reproductive conditions are unclear. A study ...

Researchers collected data from the 2016 and 2020 National Health Interview Survey to examine the relationships between obesity and clinical, humanistic, and economic outcomes among patients who ...