While it seems like we’re getting slimmer as a population, a new report suggests that’s not necessarily the case: It found ...

Recognizing obesity as a chronic disease can improve treatment, address complications, and reshape healthcare strategies for ...

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

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity and excess body fat that goes beyond BMI. Here's what they recommend using instead.

Severe obesity in childhood and adolescence more than triples the risk of MS, and obesity treatment does not seem to reverse ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present framework, ...

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 ...

The main results of the SUMMIT trial, reported last year, showed that tirzepatide—a dual glucose-dependent insulinotropic ...

From 2013-2014 to August 2021-August 2023, there were small increases in the percentage of children and adolescents with obesity, as well as in adults with severe obesity (but not obesity). There were ...

Obesity medication prescriptions reached 1.5 million, driven by GLP-1 agents semaglutide and tirzepatide, as public interest ...

At study start, 57.0% of patients had no obesity, 33.3% had obesity, and 9.6% had severe obesity. Overall, 55.4% of patients were middle-aged (41–60 years), 60% were women, 71.8% were non-Hispanic ...

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 ...