Background Obesity is a known risk factor for hypertension, but the extent to which physical activity mediates this ...

An innovative new pill could soon offer a new and affordable weight management treatment, following a successful clinical ...

By applying this new framework to a test group of more than 300,000 patients, researchers found that the number of obese ...

In the United States, obesity continues to be a serious public health concern; approximately 1 in 5 children and 2 in 5 ...

During menopause, women often deal with biological, physical, and emotional issues — to help them lose weight, clinicians ...

Visceral fat, which wraps around internal organs, and hepatic fat stored in the liver increase the risk of heart disease ...

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of ...

New research being presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Malaga, Spain (11-14 May), reveals that 3- to 4- year olds in rural areas are more likely to be living with overweight ...

The EndObesity Consortium’s narrative review underscores that most childhood obesity risks emerge in the first 1,000 days, ...