The study, published in Nature Medicine, shows that future risk of 18 obesity-related diseases can be predicted using 20 ...

Carrying excess weight can affect more than just your appearance; it can impact nearly every part of your body, from your heart and lungs to your liver, kidneys, and joints. According to the National ...

On World Obesity Day (March 4) every year, health professionals worldwide focus on one of the fastest-growing public health challenges of our time: obesity. The purpose of the day is to raise ...

Obesity is driving one in six deaths from a wide range of infectious diseases, new research suggests. Globally, obesity may have been a driving factor in 0.6 million out of 5.4 million deaths from ...

A massive UK Biobank analysis reveals that the health risks of obesity shift over time, peaking at different ages for men and women, and that midlife preventive care may blunt its cardiovascular ...

A novel metabolic obesity assessment tool (metBMI) improves upon conventional BMI by capturing a wide array of metabolic factors that underlie obesity risks, including complex adiposity-related ...

Is your waist circumference or your body weight a better indicator of your health risks? Learn the difference between these ...

Enid High School graduate David Fields found his calling a few years ago when he was working on his doctoral degree in medical research. As a research assistant at University of Alabama at Birmingham, ...

The FDA is asking Eli Lilly to submit cardiovascular and liver safety data from an ongoing Phase 3 trial of Foundayo by July.