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

Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas of cells in fat tissue could help to explain why some overweight people ...

A new study from Zurich and Leipzig reveals why some obese people remain healthy while others develop metabolic diseases. The research highlights key differences in fat type, cell behaviour, and ...

Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people ...

Recent advances in single-cell and single-nucleus transcriptomics have provided new insights into the complexity of fat ...

As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers, according to the CDC. New research from the ...

According to a doctor, when a person suffers from metabolically healthy obesity, most of the fat accumulates in the hips and ...

Scientists are tackling society's growing obesity problem from all kinds of angles – and new research picks out a particular ...

Staff told to avoid words such as ‘diabetic’, ‘alcoholic’ and ‘smoker’ in advice Lord Young calls ‘a fat lot of help’ ...