Body Weight

State and local governments across the US are grappling with a growing problem: Expensive drugs to treat diabetes and obesity are threatening to drain their health-care budgets

A loss of the body's ability to control blood sugar levels, diabetes affects one in 10 adults globally and caused 6.7 million deaths in 2021, the International Diabetes Federation estimates

International timekeepers are meeting in France to debate the future of the bothersome leap second

The extra weight translates to increased health risk, according to the study