Obstacles to preventing and treating obesity, including limited access to healthy foods, limited time to prepare meals and exercise, neighborhood factors, weight stigma and financial constraints, are more likely to affect people in lower-income communities, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in the Association’s flagship journal Circulation.

Kennesaw State University’s Jerry Mack has been named as the recipient of the American Heart Association’s 2025 Paul “Bear” Bryant Newcomer Coach of the Year Award.

 The risk of pregnancy-related high blood pressure varied markedly among subgroups of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander people, highlighting the need for tailored prevention and treatment, according to research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association.

TV depictions of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may mislead viewers about who is most likely to need cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and where it’s needed, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s peer-reviewed scientific journal Circulation: Population Health and Outcomes.

The American Heart Association, devoted to a world of healthier lives for all, issued the following statement in response to today’s release of the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.