The new federal estimates are spurring concerns about the health of U.S. children — and the way Trump administration health ...

Racial disparities in childhood obesity have risen due to social determinants, food insecurity, and systemic barriers, ...

Obesity was significantly more prevalent in Black and Hispanic children and adolescents compared with their non-Hispanic White peers and was potentially exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a study ...

One in every three Guam adults has obesity, based on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s newly released 2023 adult obesity prevalence map.

Why is the teen prediabetes crisis a growing concern for public health? This isn’t a distant future—it’s happening now. One ...

Roughly one in three American adolescents now have prediabetes, according to a new estimate released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, raising concerns not only about youth ...