The prevalence of obesity and diabetes has grown worldwide, presenting notable challenges to public health and health care ...

Roche (RHHBY) is increasing its investment into the obesity space with an up to $5.3 billion deal with Danish drugmaker Zealand Pharma (ZLDPF), the companies announced Wednesday. The deal would give ...

Why some health groups are banding together to push for a range of obesity-care options in workplace-sponsored insurance.

China’s health ministry outlined a range of measures, including urging hotels to install scales, to address the country’s ...

Only 22% of the 150 adolescents sought obesity treatment. "These findings underscore the urgent need for early diagnosis, lifestyle intervention, and increased awareness of the health risks ...

Over half of all adults — and a third of children and young adults — around the world are expected to be overweight or obese by 2050, according to a new study published Monday in the scientific ...

Published to medical journal The Lancet, the study analyzed obesity trends in 204 countries total. They found that the number of obese individuals spiked globally from 929 million to 2.6 billion ...

(Bloomberg) -- China, India and the US will have the world’s largest populations of adults living with overweight and obesity by 2050, according to new research that highlights the global public ...

A health expert has shared five ways to tackle obesity and urged those who are not obese to be more empathetic and understanding. But what exactly is obesity? As per the NHS, "the term obese ...

Today is World Obesity Day (March 4), a unified day of action calling for a cohesive, cross-sector response to the obesity crisis. A health expert has shared the four ways that obesity can be tackled.

Investing.com -- Bernstein analysts see significant growth potential in the obesity drug market, but the firm cautioned in a note this week that patient adherence remains a major challenge. Following ...