Obesity

COVID-19 Vaccine Obesity

America’s obesity epidemic threatens effectiveness of any COVID vaccine

Obesity reduces blood flow to the brain, increasing risk to Alzheimer's disease

Brain Scans Obesity

Do we need protection from ourselves to live healthy?

COVID-19 government regulations

Underlying medical conditions put half of U.S. adults at risk of severe COVID-19

Colorectal cancer risk factors increasing among millennials

colorectal cancer risk factors

Workplace wellness programs have little impact on overall staff health, study finds

Workplace wellness programs

Children's Health

Penn, CHOP researchers receive $1.05 million grant from Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to study childhood obesity

CHOP Chan Zuckerberg

Obesity a strong predictor of severe COVID-19 cases among younger adults

Obesity increases likelihood of long-term prescription opioid use, researchers find

Obesity linked to long-term opioid prescriptions, according to Boston University researchers

Penn research signals progress toward future anti-obesity drugs

Obesity Penn Research

Philly's soda tax having little effect on consumption habits, Drexel study finds

Philly Soda Tax Consumption Study Drexel

American obesity rates have grown significantly in the last two decades

Obesity

Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic

Obesity City Policies

Struggling to eliminate the sweets? Try getting some more sleep

Poor sleep leads to overeating

Use it or lose it: How physical activity strengthens heart health

Heart benefits of aerobic exercise

Children's Health

USDA proposes plan to simplify school lunches — but is it healthy?

USDA simplifies lunch menu unhealthy

Once the 'disease of kings,' gout still afflicts millions of people

Everything you need to know about gout

Jefferson Health patient who lost 150 pounds encourages others to keep their New Year's resolutions

Luis Salazar Weight Loss Jefferson health

Maternal obesity during pregnancy may harm son's motor skills, IQ

Pregnancy Obesity

Nearly half of American adults will be obese by 2030, study says

Adult obesity estimates 2030

Here's how to stick to a weight loss plan in the new year

Weight Loss Plan

How to measure your body mass index – and what it means for your health

Obesity Body Mass Index scores

Children's Health

More research shows benefits of bariatric surgery for obese teens with type 2 diabetes

Bariatric diabetes

Children's Health

Bariatric surgery found safe for teens with morbid obesity, Penn research finds

Bariatric surgery

Children's Health

Pennsylvania youth rank among the most obese in the country

High lead levels during pregnancy may increase risk of childhood obesity

Childhood obesity lead exposure

New Jersey has the fifth-lowest rate of adult obesity in the country, study says

New Jersey obesity rate runner

Ergonomics 101: How to avoid fatigue with a desk job

Design Desk Eyewear 08222019

Children's Health

Weight Watchers launches controversial app to help kids lose weight

ww weight loss app kids teens

Are BPA-free plastics and cans as safe as advertised?

bpa free chemicals

Heart transplant doctors could help more people by accepting donations from obese

These states are the most obese in America

Obesity 07192019

Children's Health

Philly rolls out 'I Call the Snacks' campaign targeting sugary foods

Call The Snacks Philly

Men gain more weight during freshman year than women, study finds

Burger Fries

Coffee proves to be a fat-burning, obesity-fighting beverage in 'pioneering' study

coffee obesity prevention

Alcohol is a risk factor for breast cancer — and few women know that

alcohol breast cancer risk

Children's Health

Obesity rates falling among preschool age children

Childhood obesity rates are falling, CDC study finds

The Philadelphia soda tax, while regressive, saves lives of those most at risk

Carroll - Soda and sugary drinks

Obesity-related cancers hitting millennials hard, new study finds

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Want to start a fitness habit for the new year?

Stock_Carroll - Exercise, walking

New data from the CDC suggests U.S. adults are only getting shorter and heavier

weight pexels

Doctors remove a 70-pound tumor from man who thought he had a 'beer belly'

70-pound-tumor-usc

The key for low-income populations to lose weight? An app, this study suggests

weight-loss-app-pexels

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