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A study finds the rise in U.S. obesity rates have hit a plateau in children but are still climbing for adults, and are still ...

Researchers note that excess weight has been rising for 40–45 years, elevating the risk of cancer, cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurological diseases.

In theory, hypertension is a disease that is both easy to test for and readily treatable with existing medications and ...

The 4-year commitment spans vaccines, disease forecasting, K-12 tutoring, and economic mobility programs in the U.S. and ...

New research presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2026, Istanbul, Turkey, 12–15 May) suggests that no matter ...

World Bank's chief economist Indermit Gill will retire at the end of August, the bank's president Ajay Banga told staff in a memo seen by Investing.com on Thursday.

World Bank chief economist Indermit Gill will retire at the end of August, the multilateral development bank's president, Ajay Banga, told staff in ​a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. Banga lauded ...

A higher overall intrinsic capacity among older adults in India, especially better cognition, good nutrition, and better ...

A major study on global obesity trends, published Wednesday in Nature, reveals diverging trajectories depending on a ...

Researchers from China have warned that global skin cancer cases could rise sharply by 2050 due to increasing UV exposure, ...