Medical Articles On Obesity

Obesity articles: The New England Journal of Medicine

https://www.nejm.org/medical-research/obesity

Obesity is a chronic disease affecting millions of people — in 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the overall prevalence of obesity in the United States...

Obesity - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/obesity/symptoms-causes/syc-20375742

Obesity: What is it, and what causes it? - Medical …

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323551

If a person does have obesity, it can increase their risk of developing a number of other health conditions, including …

Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity …

https://www.cdc.gov/healthyweight/effects/index.html

People who have overweight or obesity*, compared to those with healthy weight, are at increased risk for many serious diseases and health conditions. These include: 1,2,3 All-causes of …

Overweight & Obesity | CDC - Centers for …

https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/index.html

Obesity is a common, serious, and costly chronic disease of adults and children. CDC’s Overweight and Obesity efforts focus on policy and environmental strategies to make healthy eating …

Obesity and overweight - World Health Organization

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and-overweight

Worldwide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975. In 2016, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. Of these over 650 million were …

Obesity | Harvard Public Health Magazine …

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/obesity/

Among youth 2 to 19 years old, the prevalence of obesity is 17 percent, and extreme obesity (a BMI at or above 120 percent of the 95th percentile on standard child growth charts), 5.8 percent. All …

Research network yields significant findings related to obesity

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-02-network-yields-significant-obesity.html

2 days ago · The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports the prevalence of obesity in the U.S. was 42.4% in 2018, with current estimates indicating the global …

New clinical practice guideline for evaluation and …

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/landia/article/PIIS2213-8587(23)00036-0/fulltext

The AAP guideline recommends that paediatricians or other paediatric health-care providers should guide the treatment of obesity in childhood and …

Obesity: Risk factors, complications, and strategies for …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6088226/

Obesity: Risk factors, complications, and strategies for sustainable ...