obesity

A sip from the tap might not kill you today, but it might over 30 years. A new federal study out Wednesday found nearly half of all U.S. tap water is contaminated with PFAS, commonly known as “forever chemicals.” PFAS are a group of…

More than 97 percent of American adults have at least one risk factor for an early death, according to new research from Canada’s York University. In June, researchers published an analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition…

Poetic Justice is an advice column that offers better advice to submissions at other publications whose advice has failed the reader. The Ethicist columnist for the New York Times counseled a reader anxious about a close friend’s…

Former President Donald Trump must have gotten the message that crunchy moms have fallen hard for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., his strong chin, and his strong stance against universal pharmaceuticalization. On Wednesday, Trump released a…

Lizzo threatened to quit her monumental musical career this week, citing online comments critical of her weight. On Wednesday, the celebrity icon of the pro-fat movement locked her Twitter account and published a series of tweets…

New York City Mayor Eric Adams signed a bill Friday declaring obesity a new legally protected class. The legislation signed by the New York mayor bars individuals from being discriminated against for their height and weight for access to…

Your favorite coffee shop pastry might be making you dumb. A new study out of France this month linked consumption of refined carbohydrates with lower cognitive function. In their paper published in the journal Personality and Individual…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiVGvGMRMfU?feature=oembed&enablejsapi=1&w=500&h=281] There’s this weird sentiment I keep seeing where critics and activists alike argue video game characters, especially female ones, are…

Boys who are overweight in their adolescence face a higher risk of fertility issues later in adulthood, according to a new study in the European Journal of Endocrinology. In April, a team of Italian researchers published their findings on a…

Obesity is the single greatest barrier to recruitment in the American military today, and the problem is only getting worse. The Associated Press reported last week nearly 10,000 active-duty Army servicemembers emerged from the coronavirus…