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% ...

The following is a summary of “Association among obesity, insulin resistance, and depressive symptoms: a mediation analysis,” ...

making the diagnosis of obesity challenging. Conventional anthropometry, including body mass index (BMI), while easy to use clinically may misrepresent adiposity. We determined the diagnostic ...

Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a leader in obesity research and treatment, recently played a pivotal role in ...

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

McMaster researchers identified six early-life factors that influence obesity risk in South Asian children. The study ...

Stifel analysts were bullish on the data, which showed a 16.5% drop in body-mass index among patients with damage to the ...

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

A decade-long study finds that obesity is associated with a significantly increased risk for biologic treatment failure in ...

A new study highlights a 50% increase in young people living with obesity or excess weight in a little more than a decade in ...

Surgical interventions can also be used to manage obesity among children. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy or Roux-en-Y ...

LA Post reports that air pollution levels are rising globally, posing serious risks to public health, and emerging research ...