Specifically, a child is three to four times more likely to become an obese adult if their mom was obese, researchers ...

By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent ...

Currently, there are six FDA approved weight loss medications. They include three GLP-1 receptor agonists -- liraglutide ...

Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much worse it could get. A team of researchers found that in 2021, one billion men ...

Rates of obesity and overweight are spiralling due to a "monumental societal failure" to tackle the problem, with more than half of adults and almost a third of children and young people set to be ...

A higher BMI is consistently associated with longer operative times and increased complications across a wide range of ...

A new study reveals that while a refreshing iced tea or fruit juice may seem harmless excessive consumption of sugary drinks can have devastating consequences including a higher risk of oral cancer ...

in the era before the current obesity pandemic began," concluded the research team led by Glenna Nightingale, a research fellow with the University of Edinburgh in the U.K. Related Study finds key ...

The obesity diagnosis has always been controversial. Now, a new clinical definition is raising even more questions.

Washington State Office of the Attorney General, AbilTo, Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, Luxembourg National Research Fund, National Science Foundation, University of California Los ...

Overweight and obesity rates in adults ... with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle. Among high-income countries, America had the highest ...

LONDON, March 3 (Reuters) - Rates of obesity and overweight are spiralling ... the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in the U.S. The team, part of the ...