How three physicians’ own weight struggles reshape patient care, challenge bias, and push systemic change in treating obesity ...

The Trump administration has pledged to curb rising obesity with school meal reforms and artificial dye bans, though the ...

The adoption of the new “clinical obesity” definition alters prevalence estimates of obesity in many parts of the world ...

Scientists find that diet, especially ultraprocessed foods, has a greater impact on obesity than physical activity levels, ...

Obesity increases the risk of nearly 200 diseases. A new genetic test may be able to predict a young child's risk of obesity ...

For decades now, obesity has been defined by a number on a scale or where you land on the body mass index (BMI) measure. But ...

New research published Tuesday concludes that the rising rate of extreme childhood obesity—well above the usual BMI ...

A Lancet study projects a surge in liver cancer cases, reaching 1.52 million by 2050, primarily driven by obesity. Deaths are ...

“Liver cancer can develop within the liver tissue, which is called primary hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC),” explains Adair.

Once scorned as a cosmetic lifestyle disfigurement, obesity today is recognised as a chronic and progressive disease. From ...

The annual increase in Canada’s obesity rate doubled to an average of just over one per cent coming out of the pandemic, with women and younger adults particularly impacted.