Many people have a genetic predisposition to obesity, but gene defects that guarantee obesity are rare. Here's what you need ...

A new study projects that more than nearly 260 million Americans will be overweight or obese by 2050. The study was published in the medical journal The Lancet, which released the findings last week.

Form Health, a virtual obesity care provider, launched a new program on Tuesday to prevent the shift from overweight to obesity. Boston-based Form Health already offers an obesity program for ...

Over half of adults and a third of kids and teens around the world will have overweight or obesity by 2050, according to two reports using data on 204 countries and territories. If observed trends ...

A research team has determined that severe obesity causes the lungs to age faster. The team was led by Prof. Dr. Veronika ...

New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that the internationally recognized body mass index (BMI) cut-off points greatly ...

Higher semaglutide dose of 7.2 mg was associated with superior weight loss and comparable safety outcomes among patients with obesity.

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

A group of scientists has found that severe obesity accelerates lung aging. This may explain the breathing problems in ...