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For decades, governments, health experts and millions of people have tried to curb the growing burden of obesity. Yet the numbers continue to climb across almost every country, raising an important question: why is the trend proving so difficult to reverse?

Hundreds of people gather in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, to mark World Cancer Day on February 7, marching to raise awareness about cancer and the importance of early diagnosis. The World Health Organization cites Nigeria as a country with a rapidly rising number of cancer cases. Emmanuel Osodi/Anadolu/

Soaring health insurance premiums are forcing some small business owners to make difficult decisions about employee coverage, staffing and their future

Young women are leading a worrying increase in early-onset type 2 diabetes diagnoses in England, according to a new analysis

In a recent eight-week stretch, 6% of my postpartum patients met criteria for a psychotic disorder—almost six times higher than rates published in the medical literature. I’ve never seen anything like it. Too often, the first time most people hear the words “postpartum psychosis” is in a national headline about a tragedy that has already…

July 21 (UPI) — The daily cost of a healthy diet in 2025 jumped by almost a quarter to 4.28 equivalent dollars, up from 3.44 in 2021 and 2.94 dollars in 2017, according to an annual report on global hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition out Tuesday

With weeks of supervised training and controlled meals, stay-in fitness programmes in China are attracting overseas participants looking to build healthier habits

India’s nutrition journey is undergoing a profound transition. While the country continues to make progress in reducing undernutrition and improving food security, a new challenge is rapidly emerging, which is obesity. The changing food environment, increased availability of calorie-dense foods and inadequate physical activity have contributed to the rising obesity burden

July 20, 2026 – Adolescents and young adults in the U.S. are increasingly using popular GLP-1 weight-loss drugs alone or in conjunction with metabolic and bariatric surgery (MBS) to manage obesity, according to a study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers published in JAMA Pediatrics

Mississippi had one of the nation’s largest declines in the Affordable Care Act health insurance exchange enrollment based on early 2026 numbers, meaning that it has become even more difficult for the state’s working poor to garner medical care