The number of U.S. adults with severe obesity increased from 2013 to 2023, according to a research letter published online ...

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

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 ...

How can we best treat infectious diseases in people with obesity? Hospital pharmacist and Ph.D. researcher Koen van Rhee ...

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

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

A long-term study of 121,119 participants found that increasing olive oil intake was associated with less weight gain over ...

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

In nine out of ten patients with type 2 diabetes, severe obesity, known as adiposity, leads to diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is characterized by the fact that body cells no longer take up sufficient ...

JAX researchers used mice with nine different genetic backgrounds to identify factors influencing eye aging, paving the way for eye-based diagnostics for neurodegenerative diseases ...

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