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Could mandating nutrition labels on the front of food packages lower obesity rates?
AOL· 6 days agoThe Food and Drug Administration is expected to propose a change to prepackaged food sold in America: a requirement that the front of the packages display key nutrient information in addition ...
1 in 5 children and adolescents globally have 'excess weight,' new study finds. Here's what parents...
Yahoo Life· 4 days agoStephen Pont, a childhood obesity expert and public health physician at the Texas Department of ...
Can eating chili peppers actually increase obesity risk?
MedicalNewsToday via AOL· 5 days ago“Since obesity and chronic low-grade inflammation may be linked, this suggests that the addition of...
Economic development in sub-Saharan Africa is linked to increasing obesity rates in women
The Conversation· 5 days agoObesity and excess weight gain, traditionally perceived as health issues predominantly affecting high-income countries, are now increasingly prevalent in low</ ...
Anti-obesity drugs will be 2024’s defining trend
Clinical Trials Arena via Yahoo Finance· 2 days agoGlobalData’s latest update notes the impact of the growing anti-obesity market, personalised medicines, real-world evidence, and cell and gene therapies.
Kids Count: Maryland fell behind majority of states in childhood health indicators
Maryland Matters via Yahoo News· 3 days agoA new report on childhood health shows Maryland slipped against other states, as rates of childhood ...
For Black Women, Accessing Weight-Loss Drugs Is a Difficult Journey
PopSugar· 22 hours agoFor many Black women facing or in the obesity index, it can often feel like there's no way out when...
Diane Jackson: Medicare should cover anti-obesity medicines
The Lewiston Sun Journal· 6 days agoRural communities in Maine face significant disparities in accessing essential health care services. Recent findings from the U.S. Department of Agriculture reveal a growing gap in mortality ...
Kids Count data gives Indiana an opportunity to do better
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette· 8 hours agoIf the health of children and youth is an indication of how a community cares for its young people, then Indiana is struggling to meet that measure. The national 2024 Kids Count Data Book, a ...
Is Ozempic an Obesity Drug, or an Everything Drug?
The Atlantic· 3 days agoThere’s no such thing as a miracle cure for weight loss, but the latest obesity drugs seem to come pretty close. People who take Ozempic or other weekly...
