The next few months will be crucial for obesity players Eli Lilly, Novo Nordisk and Amgen.

Treatment options for obesity typically include lifestyle measures such as diet and exercise. However, therapy can also help by teaching you the skills needed to maintain a healthier lifestyle.

A study co-led by a Johns Hopkins Children's Center clinician-researcher shows that adding text messaging and other electronic feedback to traditional in-clinic health counseling for parents about ...

According to the CDC, as of August 2023, 40.3 percent of U.S. adults—some 100 million people—met the clinical definition for obesity. But this same estimate, which is based on National Health ...

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has provided insight into the prevalence of obesity across the United States. The figures, initially from the 2023 Adult ...

New research reveals that maternal obesity before and during pregnancy ... Image Credit: Reshetnikov_art / Shutterstock.com Does maternal fat mass carry long-term mental health risks for the ...

Around two-fifths of U.S. adults in recent years lived with obesity, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Separate data from the agency shows 37 states in 2023 ...

From this metric, your physician can diagnose whether you are under or average weight, or whether you have obesity. The thing is: BMI is a metric that was not designed to diagnose someone with a ...

In October, the Chinese government unveiled plans to tackle rising levels of obesity. A higher body mass increases the risk for a number of diseases including heart disease, stroke and diabetes.

Obesity is a widespread public health challenge in the Middle East, maintaining prevalence in 54.2% of women and 31.4% of men in this region. Overweight and obese women have a higher risk of ...

The Food, Diet and Obesity Committee calls on ministers to fix the 'broken food system' and turn the tide of the 'obesity public health emergency'. Peers say relying on fat jabs to trim the nation ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — Young people with severe obesity who underwent weight-loss surgery at age 19 or younger continued to see sustained weight loss and resolution of common obesity-related ...