Before 2023, between 2013-2022, obesity numbers were on an uphill climb ... to collect body mass index (BMI) information from electronic medical records, such as doctors' notes and lab reports ...

A fat activist explains why she objects to the medicalization of larger bodies and the idea that obesity is a disease.

Obesity dipped slightly in U.S. adults last year for the first time in more than a decade, a study found. The researchers suggested that might be due, in part, to the rise of weight loss drugs ...

A team of scientists has shown that intermittent fasting (reducing the number of hours of intake and extending the hours of ...

The negative impact of obesity on prognosis was especially pronounced in patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and brain ...

Researchers from Kumamoto University have identified a liver-derived protein, serine protease inhibitor A1 (SerpinA1), as a ...

The use of weight loss drugs may be helping reverse obesity trends, experts say. For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates in the United States may finally be heading in the right ...

The two obesity giants will be sitting on cash piles of around $80 billion by 2028, according to LSEG data, thanks to the runaway success of their weight-loss drugs. The challenge will be to put ...

The International Food Information Council (IFIC) has published a new survey examining Americans’ attitudes and perceptions toward obesity medications. The IFIC Spotlight Survey: Americans’ ...

Variant Bio, a small biotech company based in Seattle, is using genetic information from Indigenous people to develop drugs ...

The drugs are prescribed for Type 2 diabetes and obesity, and studies have shown ... but they're not getting all the information that goes along with success," Sowa said. "There's a lot more ...

In our state, obesity costs $37.3 billion in reduced economic activity, or 1.8% of New York’s GDP. It also has a $5.2 billion impact on the state budget, including $3 billion less in tax revenue ...