No, obese people do not gorge themselves on hamburgers all day long and do not remain rooted to the sofa, their hand in the packet of chips. There are 1.4 billion obese people over the age of 20 ...

“Fat people have been abused in medicalized spaces for a very long time,” says Darci Thoune, an English professor at the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse who specializes in fat studies ...

Overweight and obese people under 25 increased from 198 million to 493 million between 1990 and 2021. That number is forecast to reach 746 million by 2050. Charlie's – stock.adobe.com.

Patients with obesity were found to have a 34% higher risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 compared to non-obese people, researchers found. Doctors discuss why a higher BMI makes people more susceptible.

Altogether, 1.75 million people in England received the higher level of PIP in April 2025 - an increase from 734,136 in ...

Disgraced former New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman dubiously claimed on Wednesday that black people suffer worse health outcomes ...

Obese people who undergo weight loss surgery see their self-esteem soar, according to new research. Self-esteem scores more ...

For decades, people with obesity have dreaded interacting with their health care providers. Take Patty Nece. When she was in third grade, the school nurse wheeled in a scale and lined up the kids.

While it was currently defined by a BMI of over 30 Kg/m2 for people of European descent, more country-specific BMI cutoffs are now used due to the ethnic variability of obesity-related risks.

To determine the countries that now have more obese people than hungry people, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on historical BMI estimates from the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration.

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the National Institutes of Health (NIH) suggested obese people should pay higher health insurance premiums, Newsweek can reveal.. Jay Bhattacharya, a ...