Comprehensive study exposes critical health risks of obesity, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer, while offering ...

There is a silent 'pandemic' that is taking over the world, including India, and costing lives—obesity. World Obesity Atlas ...

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 ...

Severe obesity in childhood and adolescence more than triples the risk of MS, and obesity treatment does not seem to reverse it, a study finds.

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present framework, ...

If you have obesity, losing even a little weight helps not only improve your overall health, but also prevent liver issues ...

In nine out of ten patients with type 2 diabetes, severe obesity, known as adiposity, leads to diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is ...

Jan. 27, 2025 — A study shows that patients with obesity and fatty liver-related cirrhosis who had bariatric (weight-loss) surgery significantly lowered their future ... Signposting Children to ...

At study start, 57.0% of patients had no obesity, 33.3% had obesity, and 9.6% had severe obesity. Overall, 55.4% of patients were middle-aged (41–60 years), 60% were women, 71.8% were non-Hispanic ...

Since July 2022, around 8,000 patients in France with a BMI of 40 or higher (severe obesity) and at least one weight-related comorbidity have been treated with Wegovy as part of an early access ...

With clinical obesity, the person may experience "severe end-organ damage, causing life-altering and potentially life-threatening complications," the researchers wrote. Potential effects of ...