Women who can’t regularly access the food they need are at a 50% greater risk of becoming obese, even though they don’t consume more calories. The phenomenon is called the food insecurity-obesity ...

Nearly 23% of people with obesity in the United States have reported food insecurity, compared with 15% of people with moderate weight. This association with obesity has doubled since 1999–2000, ...

Food-insecure individuals have fewer total annual visits (in-person and via telehealth) across 4 types of office-based and outpatient visits: general checkup, diagnosis or treatment, psychotherapy or ...

Obesity rates among Black children rose significantly, with disparities linked to social determinants of health and environmental factors. Food insecurity, prevalent in low-income communities, ...

Latin America and the Caribbean is facing an obesity epidemic while paradoxically the number of people facing food insecurity in the region continues to rise, the OECD and FAO warned in a report on ...

New study reveals how gender and race/ethnicity influence health impacts of food insecurity. Study: Food insecurity and cardiovascular disease risk factors among U.S. adults. Image Credit: ...

New Jersey health systems are teaching families how to turn items from food pantries into healthier meals as food insecurity ...

UK experts are warning that access to new weight-loss drugs could depend more on wealth than medical need. Strict NHS ...

The New York Times reports a "stunning" finding on childhood obesity: between 2003-2004 and 2011-2012, obesity rates among kids between 2 and 5 years old dropped 43 percent. Good news, but is the ...