Viewers of The Biggest Loser would probably agree that watching the weight-loss show fills them with inspiration. Seeing the obese contestants struggle should motivate us to eat better, exercise and ...

Higher rates of death among younger Australians from cardiovascular disease has been linked to being overweight or obese, a ...

While childhood trauma on its own can often predict disordered eating and a poor relationship with food in adults, according to a 2022 study, growing up as an overweight kid is its own kind of trauma ...

Medically reviewed by Roxana Ehsani, RD Key Takeaways BMI is a common method to define overweight and obesity.Obesity is a ...

Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas of cells in fat tissue could help to explain why some overweight people ...

April 11, 2006 — -- When it comes to their weight, most Americans view their scale through rose-colored glasses, recent studies and a survey show. About 65 percent of Americans are overweight, ...

As GLP-1 drugs become more available, some people might use them despite not having excess weight. GLP-1 drugs are meant to treat metabolic diseases like diabetes and obesity. But as they become more ...

I was among friends the other night, listening to a doctor go off about how health care in this country costs so much because Americans are fat. If she had to see one more obese mother feed her ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week gave a speech to hundreds of U.S. military leaders in Virginia, noting that an overweight army is “a bad look” for the U.S. “Frankly, it’s tiring to look out ...

Turkey has rolled out a nationwide scheme to stop and weigh people in public, with inspectors then telling them to slim down if they are found to be overweight. Health workers have been deployed ...