Discover how smoking during pregnancy may increase childhood obesity risk, according to new research from Washington State ...

Maternal obesity doesn't just affect the health of a pregnant woman. It can also have effects on her child, increasing their ...

About 1 in 5 classified as overweight based on BMI alone considered to have obesity according to European society definition.

Prices are falling for the popular obesity treatments Wegovy and Zepbound, but steady access to the drugs remains challenging ...

The study found body mass index (BMI) patterns that could predict obesity, with findings published in Jama Network Open.

Prices are falling for the popular obesity treatments Wegovy and Zepbound, but steady access to the drugs remains challenging ...

People with obesity have a higher risk of developing 13 cancers, and the new research found a reduced risk for 10 of these cancers in patients with type 2 diabetes who were prescribed a GLP-1 ...

The obesity rate in Italy is far below that in the U.S., even though Italians enjoy multicourse meals involving pasta.

Researchers from the George Washington University have uncovered promising evidence in an animal study that shows setmelanotide, an FDA-approved medication for a rare genetic obesity disorder, may ...

One in three adults in the U.S. has three or more risk factors for a newly recognized but increasingly common condition: ...

Once-weekly semaglutide improved glycemia and reduced weight in adults with type 1 diabetes and obesity without increasing hypoglycemia.