More American teenagers now use the weight-loss drug Wegovy, as doctors and families grow more comfortable with the treatment ...

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A new study has found that older adults living with obesity can feel judged or dismissed by care providers due to their ...

Objective To determine the prevalence of obesity and its related comorbidities among patients being actively managed at a US academic medical centre, and to examine the frequency of a formal diagnosis ...

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Recent data from National Health Service (NHS) weight clinics in England show that a disproportionate number of referrals originate from the most deprived areas, with some children having BMIs over 40 ...

Higher first-trimester maternal BMIs were associated with increased risk of serious infections in children, especially when ...

Belly fat can result from hormonal dysregulations, stress, and an obesogenic environment. However, inflammation caused by ...

Children born to women who are obese have a higher risk of landing in a hospital with a severe infection, a new study says.

Metformin was associated with significantly reduced knee pain among patients with overweight/obesity and knee osteoarthritis.

Infants under 1 year of age have a 41% increased risk of hospitalization for infection if their mom was severely obese during ...

Hydrocortisone oral solution (Khindivi) was approved as a replacement therapy for pediatric patients ages 5 years and up with ...