Forty-four percent of personnel in the Canadian Armed Forces are considered overweight while 28 per cent are classified as ...

In Tuesday's issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, dozens of international medical experts and people with lived ...

A population-based study indicates that among children with cancer, those with obesity at the time of diagnosis may face an elevated risk of dying. The findings are published online in Cancer.

Obesity at cancer diagnosis appeared linked to significantly poorer survival among children and adolescents, according to ...

including all children with newly diagnosed cancer aged 2 to 18 years across Canada from 2001 to 2020. Obesity was defined as age and sex-adjusted body mass index at or above the 95th percentile.

Weight-loss medicines such as Ozempic might raise a person’s likelihood of developing conditions including arthritis.

according to an eye-opening new report from Obesity Canada. Modeling the Cost of Inaction in Treating Obesity in Canada found the country can’t afford to ignore new science and treatment ...

Doctors worldwide should diagnose obesity differently, relying on broader criteria and taking into account when the condition ...

A new study found that, overall, children with obesity at the time of their cancer diagnosis had worse survival rates ...

Pediatric patients considered obese at cancer diagnosis are linked to significantly worse survival outcomes, especially those ...