Is obesity a disease or a risk factor for disease? In medical circles – and outside of them – the question is contentious, ...

A document endorsed by more than 56 experts worldwide, published in 'The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology', proposes a change ...

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

The two-tiered classification focuses on preclinical and clinical stages of disease, and should help inform treatment ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Many studies have reported that obesity causes heart failure (HF) pathogenesis.

Obesity refers specifically to having an abnormally high proportion of body fat or adipose tissue in relation to lean muscle mass. The most common method used to assess obesity and being ...

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

For the study, the researchers focused on the link between modifiable lifestyle-related factors, such as obesity, body fat distribution and metabolic aspects, and Alzheimer's disease pathology.

Pulmonary complications of obesity present significant risks to the critically ill individual. Duration of mechanical ventilation and weaning times were found [12] to be significantly longer for ...