Bariatric surgeries entail a layered verification process and an assessment of co-morbidities that lead to delays.

UD researchers discover that differences in gene expression in fat could be the key to targeted obesity treatment. According ...

The prevalence of obesity and diabetes has grown worldwide, presenting notable challenges to public health and health care ...

For patients who are significantly overweight — the path forward to losing it may include a decision between drugs or surgery ...

Novo Nordisk’s weight loss drug Wegovy is linked to an increased risk of hair loss, a study suggests. Meanwhile, Dexcom ...

Women's magazine editors, body diversity activists and medics all agree on one thing: the thin ideal is back. Having lived ...

Not necessarily — but it’s complicated. For years, body size was considered a barrier to most sports, but today that’s ...

Share on Pinterest Close adherence to a Mediterranean diet could help keep several types of cancer at bay in people with overweight or obesity. Image credit: SimpleImages/Getty Images. Overweight ...

This is known as “medical tourism.” One of the most common procedures people seek abroad is obesity surgery, also called bariatric or metabolic surgery. It helps people lose weight by changing ...

“There are subjects with long-standing obesity and morbid obesity who can be considered healthy despite a high degree of obesity.” Only 3 percent of gunshot wounds in America are the results ...

ABSTRACT: Objective: To study risk factors for urinary incontinence (UI) in pregnant women in six health facilities in the city of Ouahigouya. Methodology: We conducted a cross-sectional, analytical ...

What is the definition of childhood obesity? Obesity affects more than 14 million children in the US. Typically, in adults, obesity is expressed by body mass index (BMI), however in children ...