obesity

Consuming sugar-sweetened drinks in the first few years of childhood can be linked to poor diet patterns that increase the…

An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in…

Effective, popular obesity medications won’t be enough to solve a worldwide problem that now affects more than 1 billion people,…

Obesity rates are rising around the world Shutterstock/Rostislav_Sedlacek More than a billion people worldwide – or roughly 1 in 8…

It’s no secret that global obesity rates have been rising over the past few decades. But a new analysis quantifies…

Disrupted function of “cleaning cells” in the body may help to explain why some people with obesity develop type 2…

A trial could assess how encouraging social interactions affects health outcomes, but it wouldn’t be easy to conduct Crezalyn Nerona…

Lina Moiseienko/iStock Editorial via Getty Images The recent momentum in biotech deal-making, the rising interest in weight-loss drugs, and the…

The pill contains a vibrating motor powered by a small silver oxide battery. When it reaches the gut, gastric acid…

Increased sedentary time as a child through adolescence is directly linked to childhood obesity, but new research has found light…