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Report says economy loses $7 to $9 billion in obesity-related productivity-losses.

Once a doctor finds that the chest pain is originating from a heart problem, you will be immediately be taken to the acute room.

The US Preventive Services Task Force says clinicians should coach pregnant people on healthy weight gain. The report could perpetuate fatphobia.

Famine exposure at the very beginning of gestation more likely to cause changes in DNA methylation or slower the metabolism, resulting in excess weight in the later period of life.

You will always remember the day you were first diagnosed with a mental illness. It’s like the day you lost your virginity or watched your children be born (or so I’ve heard—I’m not a dad). For some it’s an end-of-my-life-as-I-knew-it moment that you’ll use as a life marker where there’s no going back, like a graduation, promotion, or wedding. For others, it’s a validation of your thoughts and feelings when that thing you’ve been suffering with finally has a name and potential treatments. Either way, when a mental health professional first diagnoses you, you’re going to fe...