Did the COVID-19 pandemic affect obesity rates in Canada? A new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) found ...

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of obesity in Canada has increased at a greater rate.

About one-third of Canadians are now obese — with more weight gain happening during the pandemic, according to a new study.

A new study published in theCanadian Medical Association Journal found obesity rates based on body mass index (BMI) increased ...

However, “dispensing does not necessarily mean uptake, and the South also experienced disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality among individuals with obesity,” Rader and colleagues note. Obesity and ...

Obesity is a top risk factor for nearly all of the chronic health conditions that make COVID-19 more dangerous, including diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and cancer. Childhood obesity is a ...

A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers.

Child obesity levels in the U.S. increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, ... The study, released Thursday, is the largest yet to look at obesity trends during the pandemic.

As rates of obesity continue to climb in the United States, its role in Covid-19 is a thorny scientific question. A flurry of recent studies has shown that people with extra weight are more ...

Investment in research and interventions is needed, say the report's authors, to prevent and treat obesity in Canada, and ...

Healio and Endocrine Today editors have compiled the top news about obesity from 2021. Readers were most interested in trial data on semaglutide (Wegovy, Novo Nordisk), how second-generation ...