Tag: Obesity

Insulin can cost an uninsured patient between $120 to $400 per month. By comparison, some generics would only cost about $4. (AP Photo)

Berberine: Experts warn ‘nature’s Ozempic’ not worth its weight

Gabrielle M. Etzel · June 4, 2023 10:00 am

Michelle Obama founds food brand to continue mission of fighting childhood obesity

Jenny Goldsberry · May 4, 2023 8:14 pm

Chemicals in drinking water contribute to obesity: Study

Breccan F. Thies · April 20, 2023 6:10 pm

The Justice Department, six states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the merger of US Airways and American Airlines Tuesday.

Plus-size air travelers petition for free extra seats and other accommodations

Heather Hunter · April 15, 2023 5:50 pm

ATTENTION FOR INSPECTOR: This is a composite photo and the date of model releases are different from the date of image. Please consider this. Paratroopers jumping from the plane and military helicopters leave behind soldiers for a night mission.

Air Force changes body fat percentage requirements amid pilot shortage

Julia Johnson · April 8, 2023 1:00 pm

In this Thursday, May 8, 2014 photo, an overweight man wears a shirt patterned after the American flag during a visit to the World Trade Center, in New York. Rising numbers of American adults have the most dangerous kind of obesity, belly fat, despite evidence that overall obesity rates may have plateaued, government data shows. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Beltway Confidential

Marianne Williamson is right. America is too fat

Tom Joyce · March 7, 2023 6:00 am

This Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017 photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen in New York. Abuse of painkillers, heroin, fentanyl and other opioids across the country has resulted in tens of thousands of children being taken from their homes and placed in the foster care system.

Community and Family

Republicans say opioids are the biggest public health threat: Poll

Abigail Adcox · February 23, 2023 11:14 am

Dr. Herbert Hodes

Beltway Confidential

New York Times contributor’s real gripe with Ozempic: It treats obesity like it’s a problem

Tiana Lowe Doescher · January 27, 2023 10:04 pm

A new report finds that the U.S. has the highest percentage of people who are obese.Â (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Have our genes completely changed in 60 years?

Conn Carroll · January 24, 2023 6:53 pm

Beltway Confidential

Surgery replaces exercise as a quick fix to childhood obesity

Nicole Russell · January 16, 2023 6:00 am

Beltway Confidential

‘Health experts’ think childhood obesity can only be solved with drugs and surgery

Zachary Faria · January 10, 2023 9:28 pm

Obese children should take weight-loss drugs, pediatrics group recommends

Abigail Adcox · January 9, 2023 2:56 pm