Despite an increase in the prevalence of prescribing, only 0.5 percent of U.S. adolescents with obesity were prescribed an ...

Recent actions by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., dismissing an independent CDC advisory panel to restore trust ...

A protest at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over budget cuts tipped over into calls for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign.

Kennedy Jr. began his tenure as Health and Human Services Secretary, he pledged, “We won’t take away anyone’s vaccines.” ...

Adolescents face significant barriers to obesity medication access, despite a surge in prescriptions. Discover the ...

Obesity — like most other medical conditions — requires an “arsenal” of treatments, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.

Background Obesity is a growing public health challenge worldwide with significant health and economic impacts. However, much of what is known about the economic impacts of obesity comes from ...

Objective To determine the prevalence of obesity and its related comorbidities among patients being actively managed at a US academic medical centre, and to examine the frequency of a formal diagnosis ...

"So the risk factors or causes of obesity are inclusive of an unhealthy diet, a sedentary lifestyle, genetics plays a role, lack of sleep. And there are some underlying conditions that predispose ...

Disparities that tend to cause obesity include a delay in diagnosis. If certain groups or persons do not have access to good medical care, they can delay their diagnosis of obesity, and thus the ...

But the updated guidance on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) website sends a more nuanced message, saying shots "may" be given to those groups. "The announcement from earlier ...