A plump child looks cute but childhood obesity can lead to serious problems. It can cause noninsulin-dependent diabetes, high ...

U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two ...

The UK is currently in the grip of a serious obesity epidemic, with an estimated 65% of British people now overweight. But is ...

U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two new reports published early Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Kentucky consistently ranks near the bottom nationally for health outcomes. Education is one of the most powerful predictors of health and wellness.

In a landmark shift toward proactive public health policy, Abu Dhabi has announced a comprehensive ban on outdoor advertising for junk food and unheal.

In this video, Melissa Shoemaker, MD, MPH, discusses how the obesity treatment landscape has changed in recent years.

World Obesity Day, observed on March 4, is a reminder that obesity is not simply a matter of willpower, it is a chronic, complex and treatable medical condition. As an American Board of Obesity ...

In South Africa, access to weight loss medicines like Ozempic and Mounjaro remains limited to those who can shell out a few thousand rand a month.

Experts at a roundtable in Boston, Massachusetts, on November 19, 2025, discussed multidisciplinary strategies for obesity ...

A two-day international seminar on modern surgical and pharmacological therapies for obesity concluded at Capital Hospital, drawing ...

As per Indian standards, abdominal obesity is defined as a waist circumference exceeding 90 cm (35 inches) in men and 80 cm (31 inches) in women ...