Bill Cassidy said in a statement. “It will help us to better understand obesity and that will, in turn, inform policy making in Washington, D.C.” Pennington, a campus of LSU, has been a ...

Maps show the U.S. states with the healthiest diets, based on fruit and vegetables, alcohol, food insecurity, and diseases.

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass index, that could change clinical care.

The way the world defines obesity has been in need of an overhaul, according to some experts, and it could be coming soon thanks to a new set of standards.

In a statement to PBS News, Dr. David Cummings — an obesity expert at the University of Washington and another researcher on the commission — said that the goal of the new report is “to get ...

New recommendations on how to define obesity would reduce the emphasis on body mass index and take into account health problems from extra weight and other measurements.

Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of obesity that focuses on how ... and adjunct associate professor at George Washington University. She previously was Baltimore ...

Darrell Feller, a retired U.S. Army National Guard pilot, has flown helicopters along the same DC route as the fatal crash.

Rep. Keith Self will introduce the FIZZ-NO Act, a bill prohibiting soda and other unhealthy, sugary carbonated drinks as eligible purchases with SNAP.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine advocacy is outside the mainstream. His previous statements on abortion could alienate Republicans. But a new poll finds that not all

WASHINGTON — When President Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to become the nation’s top health official, his administration inherited a sprawling list of ideas to “Make America Healthy Again,” from banning TV drug advertisements to dropping restrictions on raw milk.

A front-of-package food label would be a great educational tool. The Trump administration should keep it.