Obesity is a worldwide epidemic. This past July, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that if we do not address obesity, we will be unable to reduce premature mortality from noncommunicable ...

Over 27 percent of adults worldwide with obesity qualify for GLP-1 weight loss medicines but access remains unequal.

A large and growing share of Americans are obese, a phenomenon many health experts are calling an epidemic. Since the late 1970s, the share of adults in the United States who are obese has grown from ...

Doctors can reframe their consultations to focus on the whole person in front of them, and not the numbers on scales, says Ellen Fallows The latest guidelines on obesity from the National Institute ...

Using a new definition that includes waist-based measurements, the team found that more than 75% of adults may meet criteria ...

Study finds link between obesity, apnea and cognitive problems in children. Nov. 4, 2011— -- Obesity, sleep apnea and behavior and learning difficulties can cause significant dysfunction in ...

A new class of weight-loss drugs is being hailed as a miracle injection that helps people shed pounds of stubborn weight. Doctors and health experts are excited about the treatments, seeing them as a ...

The gym at Eberhart Elementary School is bright and spacious — with high ceilings, several basketball hoops, even a large, colorful climbing wall. But for much of the day, the gym doubles as a ...

Scientific understanding is challenging the conventional wisdom about hunger — now framing it as a scourge that afflicts not only people who get too few calories, but also those who consume mostly ...

Obesity has quietly become one of the most pressing health challenges across the globe, affecting millions of people in ways ...

The UK has enforced a ban on daytime TV and online junk food advertising, aiming to curb childhood obesity. Local authorities ...

Obesity is common in our society for humans and our pets. Spring is a good time to consider the impacts of winter accumulation of weight resulting from reduced activity and no change in calorie intake ...