Diabetes and obesity are lifestyle conditions that can lead to serious health problems. Obesity can increase the risk of ...

Background: Obesity is a known contributor to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and increases the risk of subsequent mortality. To fully understand the burden of obesity, accurate ...

MONDAY, Nov. 11, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports. Heart disease deaths linked to obesity ...

A group of scientists from the School of Public Health at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, in China's affluent southern ...

Cleveland Clinic expert discusses treatment options for obesity including weight loss drugs and bariatric surgery.

Historical redlining and rising obesity rates are driving heart disease risks in the US, as new studies link limited food ...

PwO face immense difficulties in maintaining weight loss and more than half of those surveyed said they reverted to old ...

Brooke Boyarsky Pratt remembers when her childhood doctor told her mom that her daughter weighed too much. "You should send ...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — An upcoming document will entirely reframe obesity as a “condition of excess adiposity” that constitutes a disease called “clinical obesity” when related tissue and organ ...

A nationwide study from Japan spanning a 14-year study period has revealed an increasing trend of overweight and obesity in ...

Weight reduction has been shown to alleviate symptoms of osteoarthritis of the knee, including pain. The effect of ...

Results demonstrated the mean total medical costs per patient per year decreased significantly after patients began ...