With obesity and diabetes rising in people as young as their 20s, clinicians face a looming challenge in preventing early ...

An international team of researchers led by Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the University of Copenhagen in ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) now supports the use of GLP-1 drugs like semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy) for long-term ...

New UCLA review shows obesity is fueled by stress, inequality, and biology - not just poor diet and lack of exercise.

It is possible to be "fat but fit", new research being presented at the annual meeting of the European Association for the ...

Winding clocks an hour back this fall, when daylight saving time ends for the year across much of the U.S., might do more than just disrupt sleep: evidence suggests such time changes could damage ...

A higher weekly dose of semaglutide (7.2 mg) can significantly improve weight loss and related health outcomes in adults ...

Many parents feel that chubby kids are healthy and well nourished but this is a mistaken concept. Obesity is not always a ...

How Food Environments are Failing Children,' drew data from at least 190 countries and found that the prevalence of underweight cases among children aged 5-19 has decreased since 2000, from nearly 13 ...

In the U.S., the average woman's waist size is about 38.5 inches, which is above the 35-inch threshold that health experts ...

As obesity in America continues to rise at alarming rates, researchers are finding that diet and exercise are not the only ...

Obesity is a growing health challenge in the Philippines. According to the Food and Nutrition Research Institute, 39 percent ...