New research published Tuesday concludes that the rising rate of extreme childhood obesity—well above the usual BMI ...

The proportion of severely overweight children in the US has skyrocketed in recent years, with the highest rates seen in ...

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

Obesity rates in children have been on the rise for decades, having quadrupled from 1990 to 2022, and along with the rise in obesity, comes a rise in health risks. However, obesity can be broken down ...

People who took semaglutide over a slower, more flexible schedule were significantly less likely to experience nausea and to ...

Bariatric surgeon Jonathan Carter discusses the pros and cons of surgery compared with GLP-1 drugs. For those with severe ...

In this nationally representative cross-sectional study of U.S. children and adolescents, prevalence of extremely severe obesity significantly increased over time, particularly among older adolescents ...

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 ...

About one-third of Canadians have become obese — with more weight gain happening during the pandemic, according to a new ...

Different types of weight loss surgery can be effective for long-term weight management in people with severe obesity or who ...

More than 40% of American's are obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And the epidemic ...

A recent study discovered that individuals using GLP-1 medications may develop severe acid reflux.Researchers discovered that ...