The apparent plateau is short-term, the data incomplete and the share of people with severe obesity still rising. The ...

While heart disease, diabetes and prediabetes are the most common health concerns related to obesity, many other conditions ...

This would not be the first time that public-health experts have prematurely celebrated the peak of America’s obesity crisis.

Surprised researchers discover hormone-sensitive lipase in the nuclei of fat cells, part of a finely tuned system that ...

For decades, scientists have known that what harms the body often harms the brain. Conditions such as obesity, high blood ...

Increasingly, telehealth platforms are positioning blockbuster weight-loss shots not as medicines to treat obesity or diabetes but as cosmetic elixirs for anyone who wants to lose a few pounds.

Obesity should not be considered a barrier for a patient who needs a shoulder replacement procedure, researchers argued in a ...

New research shows that young adults with obesity already display biological patterns associated with liver stress, chronic inflammation, and early neural injury—changes typically seen in older adults ...

Glucagon-like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonists (GLP-1 RAs) use was significantly associated with a reduced odds of five-year mortality, but this protective effect was found to be statistically significant ...