A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

The commission said it did not know the prevalence of the two types of obesity. The simplest way for doctors to see whether someone has excess body fat is to wrap a tape measure around a person ...

Leading health experts challenge traditional BMI measurements and introduce a comprehensive new approach to diagnosing obesity, potentially affecting millions.

Obesity and type 2 diabetes are closely linked. Excess body fat can alter your body’s metabolic system, promote insulin resistance, and trigger inflammatory responses that affect how well your ...

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, is an umbrella term describing conditions related to a ...

On the other hand, if it is a 'hit-and-run' type of event, which perpetuates obesity long after the virus has ceased to be active in a host, a preventive approach, such as vaccination, may be ...

A positive response to treatment for pediatric obesity has enduring health benefits into young adulthood, according t ...

A new review highlights the future of anti-obesity medications that could outperform today's already blockbuster drugs like Ozempic.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than two in five American adults have obesity, a common and ...

Achieving obesity remission reduced children’s and teens’ risk for developing type 2 diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia ...