Researchers at the, Riverside, backed by a substantial NIH grant, are pioneering a study on the unique immune responses to ...

Some folks struggling with obesity appear to be hampered by their own genes when it comes to working off those extra pounds, ...

(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.

Obesity medications promise transformative care, but financial and systemic barriers limit access for those most in need.

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 ...

(CNN) — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.

Asians, non-Hispanic Blacks and Hispanics were significantly less likely than whites to use obesity-management medications to lower their weight compared with whites, new research suggests.

This background is crucial to easing patients into the use of GLP-1s, agreed Mehmet Furkan Burak, MD, an endocrinologist and obesity specialist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston.