--- title: Obesity | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/obesity/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/obesity/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Obesity ## Obesity *  Mar 19, 2026 ## [Lilly’s Experimental Diabetes Drug Shows Promise for Weight Loss](https://time.com/article/2026/03/18/lilly-diabetes-weight-loss-drug-retatrutide/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Mar 18, 2026 ## [Stopping GLP-1 Drugs Could Put Your Heart at Risk](https://time.com/article/2026/03/18/stopping-glp-1-drugs-heart-risk/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Dec 18, 2019 ## [Half of the U.S. Population Will Be Obese by 2030](https://time.com/5751551/us-obesity-by-state/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Nov 6, 2019 ## [Food Addictions Are Real Addictions—And More and More People Are Getting Hooked](https://time.com/5718798/food-addiction/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Jan 9, 2019 ## [Body Fat May Affect Your Brain Volume, Study Says](https://time.com/5498109/body-fat-brain-size/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Oct 24, 2018 ## [These Are the States with the Highest and Lowest Youth Obesity Rates](https://time.com/5432973/states-childhood-obesity-rates/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jamie Ducharme *  Mar 15, 2018 ## [Is YouTube Bad For Us](https://time.com/5201077/is-youtube-bad-for-us/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Jan 18, 2018 ## [President Trump's Height and Weight Doubted By 'Girthers'](https://time.com/5107274/president-trump-medical-exam-girther/) by Eli Meixler *  Jan 15, 2018 ## [Obesity Shaved Almost a Year Off U.S. Life Expectancy, Study Says](https://time.com/5100737/obesity-lowering-life-expectancy-united-states/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jamie Ducharme *  Nov 29, 2017 ## [More Than Half of American Kids May Be Obese by 35](https://time.com/5040902/childhood-obesity-in-america/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jamie Ducharme *  Nov 14, 2017 ## [Eating Too Quickly May Be Bad for Your Health](https://time.com/5023122/eating-fast-obesity/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jamie Ducharme *  Oct 16, 2017 ## [Carpooling Matters](https://time.com/4983747/carpooling-matters/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Oct 13, 2017 ## [40% of Americans Are Obese, Survey Says](https://time.com/4980225/obesity-rates-adults-children/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Oct 10, 2017 ## [Childhood Obesity Has Risen 10 Times Worldwide](https://time.com/4975055/childhood-obesity-statistics/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alice Park *  Oct 5, 2017 ## [40% of Cancers Are Linked to Being Overweight](https://time.com/4970989/obesity-overweight-cancer/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Amanda MacMillan ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/obesity/","name":"Obesity"}}]}] ```