It’s a brain disease,” a prominent obesity doctor explained on a “60 Minutes” episode about the drugs. “Obesity is disease” ...

Unfortunately, too many insurers — including Medicare — still see obesity as a cosmetic issue instead of the disease that it ...

"When you have two-thirds plus of the active duty military force that's obese ... you know you've got a huge problem," ...

The medtech industry hopes to capitalise on increased awareness about the obesity space to promote multidisciplinary ...

Australian researchers said that supervised diets with intermittent fasting were for children with serious health conditions, ...

Obesity is a disease characterized by having excessive body fat, increasing a person’s risk for many serious health problems, ...

Three scientists were recognized by the Lasker Awards for their work on the GLP-1 hormone. Others were honored for work to ...

A recent study published in The Journal of Neuroscience sheds light on how obesity can disrupt reproductive health in males ...

Scientists from the University of Copenhagen have detected lipid biomarkers in children and teenagers with obesity that indicate an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, liver and heart ...

Researchers at King's College London have developed a blood test that identifies lipid markers indicative of childhood ...

BioAge Labs Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing therapies for obesity and metabolic disease, is seeking ...

Dr Mike McKean, vice president for policy at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, said overweight children – which accounts for two in five primary school leavers – have a higher risk of ...