Obesity continues to be a health and economic challenge for the United States, and the condition is a known contributor to rising US healthcare costs. 1 To address this issue, better methods are ...

The incidence of overweight and obesity (Table 4-1) in the United States has steadily increased since the 1970s. This ‘obesity epidemic’ occurs in many high-income countries and more recently has been ...

A recent study in The Lancet has revealed that people with obesity are significantly more likely to be hospitalised and face a 70 higher risk of death from infections such as Covid-19 and the flu ...