A new federal estimate shows a rise in prediabetes among American adolescents, a finding that is spurring concerns about the ...

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

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

Background Overweight and obesity are excessive fat accumulations linked with many health problems, including heart diseases, type 2 diabetes and cancer. Multiple studies have demonstrated that ...

Obesity rates in the U.S. continue to concern clinicians ... What Is a Health Savings Account? Data published by the CDC showed that the Mountain State has the second lowest life expectancy in the ...

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 ...

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

A CDC panel recommended against flu vaccines with thimerosal, a preservative falsely linked to autism. Experts warn the decision may raise vaccine costs unnecessarily.