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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

I was scared. “But finally he told me that it’s not only that you’re going to be losing weight, but you’ll also lower your risk of obesity-related diseases.” The mother from Île-Perrot ...

Viking Therapeutics has announced its oral formulation of VK2735 has scored in a Phase I trial at ObesityWeek 2024.

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Structure Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ:GPCR) was able to report positive results from its phase 2a study using its GLP-1R agonist GSBR-1290 for the treatment of patients with obesity in June 2024.

The United Kingdom government has announced plans to provide weight loss medications to unemployed individuals struggling with obesity, to help them return to work. British Health Minister Wes ...

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 ...