Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas ...

A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick ...

The health care community has redefined the requirements for clinical obesity, noting BMI shouldn’t be the sole barometer of ...

Under the proposal, if West Virginia can reduce its obesity rate to under 25% (the rate in Colorado and Hawaii, our leanest ...

Adolescents who perceive themselves as overweight are three times more likely to consider committing self-harm compared to those who do not, regardless of whether the person is objectively overweight, ...

Having overweight or obesity can further restrict airways, worsening the condition. OSA can also cause you to gain weight because of its negative effects on your day-to-day functioning and hormone ...

Ultraprocessed food consumption in preschoolers is associated with increased body fat, particularly in boys, underscoring the ...

A study of more than 11,000 adults found that people who were overweight or obese were twice as likely to have conditions including high blood pressure, diabetes and osteoarthritis. However ...

The hormone triggers insulin resistance in blood vessel endothelium in obesityA large proportion of the approximately six ...

Researchers have created a detailed atlas of cellular changes in obese people. The atlas can be used to search ... the researchers have produced a detailed atlas with data from healthy and unhealthy ...