Among the 2,225 adults in the study, all under 60 years of age, 39.7% had obesity as defined only by higher BMI, while 39.1% ...

U.S. regulators are trying to shut down the industry for compounded weight-loss drugs, which could result in higher costs or ...

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

High sodium intake is linked to greater obesity risk, particularly in women, even when it comes from everyday foods. New ...

Nearly all U.S. adults with obesity as diagnosed by BMI also have an elevated waist circumference or excess body fat, ...

Neuroscientists at Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC will investigate how obesity influences brain ...

When a patient with obesity reports a new symptom, many physicians are quick to focus on the excess weight without exploring alternative reasons. Wrong approach, experts said.

Pfizer is ending the development of its potential once-daily pill treatment for obesity before venturing into the biggest and ...

A new research initiative is investigating how obesity reshapes brain circuits involved in reward, motivation, and emotion, ...

A clinical practice guideline that stresses a multidisciplinary approach is intended to help clinicians manage obesity in ...

With more than half of Chinese adults now classified as overweight, health authorities are stepping up measures to get people ...

A daily pill from drugmaker Eli Lilly has shown safety results comparable to the leading injectable GLP-1 drugs Mounjaro and ...