Many people assume obesity is caused by inactivity and burning fewer calories. But our diets — and excess calorie intake — ...

Childhood obesity rates are rising and global figures don't make for easy reading. The World Health Organization (WHO) ...

Severe obesity is associated with diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)-related spinal radiographic changes among ...

In 2023, 32.69 per cent of adults in Canada (10.6 million people) were overweight with a Body-Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or ...

It's common knowledge that obesity is a global epidemic, particularly in industrialized countries, and that it is a major ...

Emeli Chatterjee, Ph.D., of the Cardiovascular Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead author and ...

GLP-1 drugs may be hailed as a medical breakthrough in obesity care, but Indian experts warn they are no cosmetic quick-fix.

Obesity-related cancer deaths in the U.S. have tripled in just two decades, with women, older adults, and minority groups ...

People who use GLP-1 weight loss drugs like Ozempic are more likely to suffer from severe acid reflux, or GERD, a new ...

Natalie Muth, MD, MPH, RDN, is an adjunct associate professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; co-founder of Namio Health, a virtual intensive behavioral intervention for the treatment of ...

Among patients receiving semaglutide for obesity management, the risk for muscle loss may be higher in older adults and women ...

Childhood obesity and diabetes may silently weaken bone growth, raising fracture and osteoporosis risk later. A study links ...