This form of exercise is found to be especially beneficial for women and middle-aged and older adults, particularly those ...

The administration is reviewing a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule that would expand coverage to Medicare and Medicaid recipients ...

A recent study predicts that by 2050, more than half of the world’s adults (3.8 billion people) and one-third of all children ...

New research to be presented at this year's European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2025, Malaga, Spain, 11–14 May) shows that ...

Adults with obesity and type 2 diabetes receiving once-weekly combination cagrilintide 2.4 mg and semaglutide 2.4 mg lost ...

A new study warns that nearly 60% of adults and one-third of children worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless ...

Body mass index (BMI) was almost three times more likely to classify children as overweight than waist circumference-to-height ratio, according to a new study.

World Obesity Day celebrated on 4 March 2025 highlights the urgent need to address obesity as a global health challenge. The ...

Nearly 60 percent of all adults and a third of all children in the world will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless ...

Researchers used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine the prevalence of obesity in the United States.

Globally, increases in obesity are projected to continue to 2050 for children and adolescents, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity is set to increase among adults.

Getting married triples the risk of obesity for men, according to new research. Tying the knot doesn't raise the risk of ...