Obesity dipped slightly in U.S. adults last year, research found — the first time in more than a decade that the country has seen a downward trend. That might be due, in part, to the recent rise ...

The obesity rate ... 2022 to 45.6 percent last year. The researchers also discovered that obesity has declined substantially in the South, including among women older adults, ages 66 to 75.

The trends worry health experts, who say the medicines have potential to narrow differences in obesity rates among ...

the US healthcare system could save up to $317 billion per year – once again, if half of adults with obesity took the drug. Moreover, 100% of adults with obesity could be prescribed the drug for ...