obesity

Depending on whom you ask, the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans represent a significant step forward for public health—or they're ...

Enjoying delicious food is a fundamental part of the human experience. Few of us would deny the enjoyment we get ...

US obesity rates are falling from a record high after steadily climbing since the 1960s, dropping to 37 percent this ...

Obesity may have finally found its match in Ozempic and other GLP-1 drugs that are helping many millions of people ...

America's ferocious battles over food safety and nutrition are often driven by politics and other ideological considerations rather than cold, ...

It wasn't a total train wreck. That's the best way to summarize the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission's May ...

Can't say no to sugary soda? Does that pint of ice cream demand you eat every last spoonful of its ...

Tew Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has never hesitated to attack modern agriculture. Though most ...

In December 2019 US doctors began to hear anecdotes coming out of China about a novel respiratory virus that caused ...

Does processed food speed up the aging process? A recent study says yes, but we have our doubts. The blockbuster ...

China has banned germline gene editing, calling the technology, "irresponsible and not permitted." A recent study suggested that losing weight ...

Reporters, alt-health gurus and even some scientists warn consumers to avoid so-called "ultra-processed foods." These cheap, convenient products–loaded with sugar, ...

A court in the Philippines has blocked the release of vitamin-A fortified Golden Rice in the country. What happens next? ...

Neuralink has successfully implanted its "brain–computer interface" in a human patient. Elon Musk says the results so far are "promising." ...

Are so-called "industrial" seed oils slowly killing us? Probably not. One mom and farmer says other parents shouldn't be scared ...

Could ice cream reduce your risk of diabetes and obesity? A surprising amount of evidence supports that hypothesis. How do ...

Using body mass index (BMI) to assess a patient's health may yield misleading results and undermine public trust in medicine, ...

Air pollution harms our health in many ways; does it also encourage obesity? Farmers in India have access to two ...

Science Facts and Fallacies host Cameron English recently appeared on the Dr. Phil show to tackle an incendiary question: Has ...

Should we be skeptical of GMO safety studies funded by biotech companies? Major food makers including Pepsi and Nestle have ...

Americans are getting heavier and experts aren't sure what to do about it. Cutting fat and carbs out of our ...

A drug given once monthly as an injection could drastically reduce opioid use in the US. Why is it so ...

Consumers have been so saturated with vague marketing claims that nearly 50 percent can't correctly identify what is claimed to ...

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue recently cautioned Americans not to fear their food. That’s an amazing thing for any public official ...

Alternative health champion Mike Adams has been banned from every social media platform but continues to spread his anti-GMO and ...

Just-released courtroom drama 'Percy' tells the David vs. Goliath story of a Canadian farmer's battle against Monsanto. Did the film ...

A vegetarian diet can be healthy for you. Just like any diet. Even if you only eat salads or any ...