Artistic portrayal of a large group of people standing in the shape of the U.S. map.

Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the U.S.[1] were classified as being clinically overweight or obese in 2021. The rates have more than doubled compared with 1990.

Without urgent intervention, our study forecasts that more than 80% of adults and close to 60% of adolescents will be classified as overweight or obese by 2050. These are the key findings of our recent study, published in the journal The...

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Artistic portrayal of a large group of people standing in the shape of the U.S. map.

Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the U.S.[1] were classified as being clinically overweight or obese in 2021. The rates have more than doubled compared with 1990.

Without urgent intervention, our study forecasts that more than 80% of adults and close to 60% of adolescents will be classified as overweight or obese by 2050. These are the key findings of our recent study, published in the journal The...

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Four women in workout clothes take a walk in the park.

Everyday physical activity, like going for a short walk or playing with the kids, may provide short-term benefits for cognitive health, equivalent to reversing four years of cognitive aging. That was a key finding for my colleagues and me in our new study[1], which was published in the journal Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Prior to enrollment into a study of diet and dementia risk[2], we asked a diverse sample of 204...

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