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Festive bulge: scientists offer advice on how to beat overeating

Getty Images by Thomas C. Erren, University of Cologne; Philip Lewis, University of Cologne et Ursula Wild, University of Cologne Christmas and New Year are holidays...

208 million Americans are classified as obese or overweight, according to new study synthesizing 132 data sources

Overweight and obesity rates are rising in all age ranges across the U.S. Mohamed Rida ROKI/iStock via Getty Images Plus   Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters...

Weight loss plans are less effective for many Black women − because existing ones often don’t meet their unique needs

People who are obese or overweight are at higher risk of developing several chronic diseases. andreswd/E+ via Getty Images by Loneke Blackman Carr, University of...

Gen X and millennials at greater risk of 17 types of cancer compared to previous generations – here’s what you need to know

This isn’t the first study to show certain types of cancer (such as breast cancer) are on the rise in younger generations. Gorodenkoff/ Shutterstock by...

Diabetes and obesity can damage the liver to the point of failure – but few people know their risk of developing liver disease

Insulin resistance links MASLD to several other metabolic diseases. Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library via Getty Images by Madona Azar, UMass Chan Medical School Liver disease is...

Big Pharma’s monopoly on Ozempic threatens access to diabetes drug in communities of color

    by Andre Johnson Black Americans suffer from obesity at disproportionate rates, but the popular weight-loss drug Ozempic isn’t available in many inner-city neighborhoods. An obscure industry...

High blood pressure before 35 may triple Black women’s stroke risk

Nurse checking a patients blood pressure. Adobe Stock Photo by American Heart Association News Black women treated for high blood pressure in their 30s and 40s...

Black Voices, Black Bodies: Life in the age of Ozempic

Fitness instructor DJ Rock at OutBox Gym in Brooklyn, N.Y. STEPHANIE MEI-LING FOR STAT   How do Black people feel about their health, the new obesity...

Drugs like Ozempic won’t ‘cure’ obesity but they might make us more fat-phobic

by Emma Beckett, UNSW Sydney Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide are taking drugs like Ozempic to lose weight. But what do we actually know...

Goodbye to the myth of “eating for two”: why it is so important to control weight during pregnancy

Adobe Stock Photo   by Carmen Feria Ramirez, Professor in Nursing and Midwife, University of Huelva How many times have we heard what is said to pregnant...

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