The percentage of U.S. adults with obesity did not significantly rise from 2013 to 2023, though a small uptick in the rate of ...

Obesity rates in the United States have finally started to show a decline, heading in the right direction for the first time in a decade likely due to the popularity of weight loss drugs like Ozempic.

Allowing such medications as options could lead to significant savings from improved health, writes Kelley Koch.

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index ...

Scientists mapped fat tissue differences in obese individuals, uncovering cell changes linked to metabolic disease risk and ...

Next-generation obesity drugs will work differently from Ozempic and Wegovy — aiming to deliver greater weight loss with ...

You hear talk about the opioid epidemic − which, of course, remains a major contributing factor − but obesity is the primary contributor to premature deaths, and the costs to America are immense. Need ...

Jan. 27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future ... Signposting Children to ...

Clinical obesity would be diagnosed using objective ... As closures of rural hospitals across the United States continue, more Americans are facing hour-plus drives to reach surgical centers ...