Most Americans with obesity perceive themselves as only having overweight regardless of race or ethnicity, whereas ...

An international research group has examined how many people are affected by preclinical and clinical obesity and what health ...

A new study finds that people with obesity are more likely to be hospitalized with or die from severe infections.

A new study suggests that nearly 70% of US adults would be classified as obese under a revised definition proposed by medical experts. The traditional method, which uses a body mass index (BMI) of 30 ...

Retention has always been a central concern in long-term studies, but obesity trials present a particular challenge. For those assigned to receive the drug candidate in question, the effects are ...

Weight-loss jabs could help minimise asthma symptoms in obese people, a new study says. The drugs should be explored as a potential treatment for obese people with the respiratory condition, who are ...

A public health expert explains how GLP-1 drugs have changed the way healthcare providers understand and treat obesity.

If you’ve ever wondered why some people can eat whatever they want and stay slim while others struggle with weight despite their best efforts, genetics holds many of the answers. For people with ...

As young people reach adulthood, their preferences for sweet foods typically decline. But for people with obesity, new research suggests that the drop-off may not be as steep and that the brain's ...

Cancer is more likely to develop in people who are very overweight (obese), because surplus body fat interferes with various hormone cycles and with glucose and fat metabolism. On the occasion of ...

A new analysis of data of long-term follow-up from 10 population-based cohorts challenges the so-called obesity paradox — previous counterintuitive findings suggesting that patients with heart disease ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weight-loss jabs like Ozempic/Wegovy have been touted as miracle drugs revolutionizing how obesity is treated. Steffen Trumpf/dpa ...