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While obesity can affect anyone, African-American women have the highest rates, with four out of five Black women being overweight or obese. These statistics are partially due to the striking disparities in obesity reduction...

Pregnancies among women with overweight/obesity have a higher risk for perinatal death, with risk partly mediated by a lower gestational age at delivery, according to a study published in PLOS ONE. Jeffrey N. Bone, MSc, and...

Being overweight in midlife is associated with long-term adverse health and economic consequences in older adulthood, according to a study in JAMA Network Open. Sadiya S. Khan, MD, MsC, and colleagues examined the association of...