A new study found that obese people with no health issues such as diabetes or high blood pressure were still at a higher risk ...

These foods are the heaviest hitters. While GLP-1 drugs have transformed how many people think about weight loss, the ...

Learn how doctors categorize obesity into classes using BMI, as well as related health risks and treatments based on the ...

A new study suggests that nearly 70% of US adults would be classified as obese under a revised definition proposed by medical experts. The traditional method, which uses a body mass index (BMI) of 30 ...

The Lancet obesity framework aims to improve risk assessment but risks delaying treatment and deepening health inequities, according to recent evaluations.

Obesity may be a contributing factor in more than 10% of infection-related deaths, a new study reveals. The researchers analyzed medical data from nearly 550,000 adults in Finland and the U.K. over a ...

Scientists at City of Hope and TGen (part of City of Hope) are the first to explain a major mechanism for why gaining excess ...

More than 100 million American adults are living with obesity - and that number is set to skyrocket with new criteria for diagnosing the chronic condition. Doctors in Massachusetts said Wednesday that ...

The Endocrine Society has concerns of possible delays in care and other problematic areas of The Lancet Commission’s proposed new obesity framework; a Commission author cites ‘conceptual confusions.’ ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People with excess body fat who also had stronger handgrip strength were less likely to develop obesity-related heart, liver or ...

More than 40% of American adults are considered obese, yet the medications many take are rarely tested in bigger bodies. That's because they are not required to be included in drug studies. And often, ...

As young people reach adulthood, their preferences for sweet foods typically decline. But for people with obesity, new research suggests that the drop-off may not be as steep and that the brain's ...