Novo Nordisk agreed to pay up to $2 billion for the rights to a developmental weight-loss and obesity drug from Chinese ...

A higher BMI is consistently associated with longer operative times and increased complications across a wide range of ...

New criteria come amid discussion of access to weight loss drugs One billion children and adults have obesity.1 Getting the diagnosis of obesity right matters for people and for healthcare systems, ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many ...

A new study in The Journal of Immunology reveals how a high-fat diet may impair the immune system's ability to respond to infection by impacting the function of neutrophils, one of the first immune ...

Obesity Pillars journal: A peer-reviewed source of evidence-based research and clinical guidelines. Monthly webinars: Interactive opportunities to deepen knowledge of metabolic disorders.

New Delhi: Children overweight or obese may be at an increased risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in ...

Oklahoma City ranks 12th among the nation's most overweight cities, with one of the highest adult obesity rates, despite past ...

The situation is nearing a flash point, but the stakes are high. A new push by women's health groups calls for companies' ...

A new study has found that a once-weekly injection of semaglutide, a medication originally developed for diabetes and weight ...

Body size and excess weight, conventionally assessed using body mass index (BMI), are well-established risk factors for many types of cancer. However, new research to be presented at this year’s ...