A recent study shows that traditional insulin resistance measures such as HOMA-IR are more predictive of insulin resistance ...

Johns Hopkins University researchers have found that nearly all adults identified as having obesity based on body mass index ...

New research presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that the ...

Among the 2,225 adults in the study, all under 60 years of age, 39.7% had obesity as defined only by higher BMI, while 39.1% ...

(HealthDay News) — Adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) mediate a small proportion of the association between prepregnancy obesity and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in midlife, according to a study ...

New research to be 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 ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. Experts weighed in.

High sodium intake is linked to greater obesity risk, particularly in women, even when it comes from everyday foods. New ...

There are over 1 billion obese people in the world, according to research published in The Lancet. A network of 1,500 ...

What is our current understanding of how differences in sex can affect obesity prevalence, comorbidities, and treatment ...

A clinical practice guideline that stresses a multidisciplinary approach is intended to help clinicians manage obesity in ...