New obesity criteria that add waist and body fat measures to BMI could classify nearly 70% of U.S. adults as obese, according ...

The retrospective study could not determine whether some patients were more likely than others to keep off the weight.

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

When people stop taking the new generation of weight-loss drugs, they pile back on the kilos four times faster than they ...

People regain weight within two years of coming off obesity drugs, new study finds People who use weight-loss drugs can ...

For decades, common wisdom and public health messaging have assumed that people in highly developed nations, like the United States, are relatively sedentary and burn far fewer daily calories than ...

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals said Tuesday that its gene-silencing candidates helped people with obesity lose fat.

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

The MARITIME Phase 3 Chronic Weight Management Studies are Actively Enrolling, and Phase 3 Studies in People Living With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease, Heart Failure and Obstructive Sleep ...

Obesity was tied with an increased risk of developing 16 health outcomes, a large longitudinal study showed. Risks correlated with obesity class and were typically higher among people with a BMI of 40 ...

The performance of asthma severity scores, in terms of reliability and responsiveness, differs between children with obesity ...