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.

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 ...

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.

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

Additionally, the pathophysiology of diabetes in cats indicates that factors such as obesity, reduced physical activity, and age are significant contributors to the development of the condition[4].

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 ...