By 2050, over half of the adults and one third of the youth may be obese. Experts have called for urgent action to prevent obesity from becoming the global norm.

Obesity has long been classified as a global epidemic — and new data published in The Lancet journal spotlights how much ...

Skeletal Muscle Index decreased as Metabolic Score for Visceral Fat increased, which was most significant among those with diabetes and obesity.

We all know that being overweight is bad for your health. Carrying excess fat is a risk factor for heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, a range of cancers and an increased chance of an early death. The ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

Learn why staying fit, not just slim, can boost your health and protect against serious diseases better than just watching your weight.

A study from Tübingen reveals that the brain plays a central role in the development of obesity. The prevalence of obesity ...

Kids are more likely to maintain a healthy weight if their parents adopt a responsive style while they're babies and toddlers ...

Objective This study aimed to identify body mass index (BMI) growth trajectories from birth to 24 months of age and examine ...

GLP-1RA discontinuation and lack of reinitiation was more common among patients with obesity and without type 2 diabetes than with type 2 diabetes.

Nearly 40% of consumers classified as overweight or obese under traditional body mass index (BMI) definitions would no longer carry that diagnosis under newly proposed criteria recently published ...

Dogs are a good model for studying human obesity because they develop obesity through similar environmental influences as ...