While heart disease, diabetes and prediabetes are the most common health concerns related to obesity, many other conditions ...

Most folks with genetics that put them at risk for high cholesterol and early heart disease aren't aware of their danger, a ...

Bad habits stemming all the way back to infancy could lead to obesity, diabetes and heart disease later in life, a recent ...

Obesity should not be considered a barrier for a patient who needs a shoulder replacement procedure, researchers argued in a ...

Roughly 1 in 3 adults has metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD. A doctor outlines how to detect and slow the condition early.

In the United States, approximately 14.7 million children and adolescents between the ages of 2 and 19 are living with ...

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A poll from the American Gastroenterological Association found that 80% of American adults say gastroenterologists play a ...

Lower income is associated with a higher prevalence of many individual-level dementia risk factors, according to a recent study.

A new national survey shows that most Americans now understand that obesity is a real medical disease, not a personal failure ...

With one in eight adults taking drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro, emerging evidence shows that the medication has potential to ...

They tell us about distressing experiences seeing obesity or overweight highlighted as a diagnosis for an encounter in which ...