Obesity was tied with an increased risk of developing 16 health outcomes, a large longitudinal study showed. Risks correlated ...

Obesity remains a global health crisis, often linked to serious diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and fatty liver ...

Decades of research and news articles espousing an “obesity epidemic” and tons of weight-loss products launched under the ...

Mexico says a government-sponsored junk food ban in schools has taken effect as the country tries to tackle one of the ...

Specifically, a child is three to four times more likely to become an obese adult if their mom was obese, researchers ...

A new study suggests that factors beyond individual control—such as socioeconomic status and maternal health—can ...

While sugary foods are often blamed for the global obesity epidemic, new research suggests that excessive sodium consumption ...

Those in favor of the classification argue that excess fat accumulation/distribution is linked to sustained and serious ...

GSA is a professional membership organization committed to promoting the best available interdisciplinary aging research to advance innovations in practice and policy. This is especially key to ...

Struggling with excess weight? Blame mom. Over one billion people worldwide are living with obesity, defined as having a BMI of 30 or higher. The World Health Organization officially declared ...

The consortium, Let’s Fix Our Food, has come out with suggestions to control intake of high-fat, salt & sugar foods. Over 17 ...

A new USC Schaeffer Center white paper finds expanded access to anti-obesity medications would lead to significant increases ...