While lifestyle choices, including diet and activity level, play an important role in a person’s risk of obesity, genetics can also shape natural tendencies toward weight gain or loss. In fact, genes ...

A group of 58 researchers is calling for a new, better way to measure obesity. The global team’s recommendations were published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology on Jan. 14. Body mass index (BMI) ...

While scientific studies about obesity and general health are on the rise, a new analysis has determined that more studies ...

"Obesity only recently caught the public's attention as a disease," Matthias Blüher, MD, professor of medicine at the Leipzig University and director of the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolism, Obesity ...

New research suggests obesity may affect men and women differently, with men showing more abdominal fat and liver stress, while women show higher inflammation and cholesterol. These patterns may help ...

MHRA approves Novo Nordisk’s 7.2mg Wegovy single-dose pen for adults with obesity (BMI 30+), offering max weekly dose in one ...