About 9 in 10 adults in the United States have not heard of cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome despite nearly 90% of ...

Two studies demonstrate that a large proportion of the population has visceral adiposity even at BMIs below the obesity ...

Diabetes Awareness Month highlights the condition's prevalence, risk factors, prevention, management and burden on healthcare ...

In adults with Down syndrome, metabolic syndrome was uncommon, yet obesity alone correlated with higher odds of Alzheimer’s ...

Researchers analysed data from a population-based case-control study linked to the Swedish Rheumatology Quality Register to investigate the association of obesity and/or overweight with the risk for ...

Background Obesity is a known risk factor for hypertension, but the extent to which physical activity mediates this ...

The EndObesity Consortium’s narrative review underscores that most childhood obesity risks emerge in the first 1,000 days, ...

When scientists study obesity and weight-loss treatment, it's most often about genetics, lack of physical activity and poor eating habits. However, new findings show that stress, hardship, isolation ...

“This is a novel idea and obesity in the past has not been considered a modifiable risk factor for memory loss,” says ...

OBJECTIVE: To identify the risk factors of obesity in preschool children in China. DESIGN: A nationwide case—control study in eight cities in China. SUBJECTS: A total of 748 boys and 574 girls (age ...

Being overweight and obesity are known risk factors for several types of cancer including affecting the breast, bowel and ...