Obesity

Obesity Articles

When it comes to health, we can try our best to improve what we can control, but sometimes  factors beyond our control are stacked against us. People can try to lead an active lifestyle and eat a...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defines life expectancy at birth as “the average number of years a group of infants would live if they were to experience throughout life the age-...
There is no shortage of advice on how to live a long and healthy life. But while some lifestyle factors such as keeping active, not smoking, and eating a balanced diet are under our control, others...
About 39% of American adults have gym memberships, according to the job search site Zippia, and that number has been growing. Between 2000 and 2019, memberships nearly doubled, from 32.8 million to...
About one in 10 Americans, or 34.2 million people, live with diabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data through 2018. Other findings from the data show that one in...
This article was written with the assistance of A.I. technology, and has been edited and fact-checked by Colman Andrews. West Virginia is the most obese state in America, according to the Centers for...